Forum: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

do all mk6 tenors made before 100,000 have serial # on body and neck

Is there an actual thread that I can't find that explains who played what in their "heyday". I known Dexter Gordon played a Conn 10M and I know that Chu Berry probably was playing a Conn "New Wonder" and Johnny Hodges a Buescher, But what about everyone else like Hawk and Lockjaw Davis and...

Can a low-pitched vintage sax be tuned to play with other modern instrument? If not, what do you do to play with others?

I'm working towards a B.S. in Music Education and in each of our methods courses the professors usually discuss different models of horns. So, I'm interested in which brands and models you guys think are the best! So consider price, durability, quality, and whatever else you guys think is...

My own website, www.saxpics.com, has a few esoteric serial number charts currently posted -- and a few I haven't. You can c'mon down for serial number charts for SML, A. Sax, Kohlert, and Dolnet (all are based on research, rather than serial numbers posted by the companies, themselves). Here...

Our previous forum moderator and resident saxophone historian, Pete “saxpics” Hales has written a new article for you vintage saxophone aficionados and for you who are pondering of getting a vintage horn: http://www.saxontheweb.net/Resources/BestVintageSax.html What is the Best Vintage...

Hi! I keep on reading on stuff about tone holes being rolled or not? Can someone please tell me what this means! Sorry if this is a stupid question. :roll: Thanks Jonno Louwrens

Probably the most asked question about vintage saxophones. I've written an article about this awhile back (forgive the grammar and spelling errors). Check out http://www.saxontheweb.net/Resources/Stencils.html. I've also got links there to a couple of other articles on the web about stencils.

I strongly recommend my own website, www.saxpics.com. I have pictures of over 2,500 seperate vintage (and some modern) horns, but here are some further suggestions: Dealers with lots of pictures: * www.vintagesax.com * www.worldwidesax.com * www.saxquest.com * www.junkdude.com ... and,...

There are a lot of value guides out there. What you should do to determine value is: * Take your horn down to a repairman that you trust to estimate repair costs. * Check on eBay, etc. for closed ads and average those to determine the approximate market value of the horn. * Check out a dealer...