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05-24-2017, 02:25 PM

Gordon (NZ) replied to a thread Selmer Mark VI neck repair in Sax Repair, Maintenance and Modification

It is likely that the job would take only 5 or 10 minutes.. However the job is not without risk. Soldering could part. And something like that...

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05-24-2017, 04:33 AM

Gordon (NZ) replied to a thread Grassi Professional 2000 & Prestige Build Quality in Sax Repair, Maintenance and Modification

I totally agree. I have repair standard results to uphold, and to do that with some instruments is not just annoying but exceedingly time-consuming. ...

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05-24-2017, 04:21 AM

Gordon (NZ) replied to a thread Arm that closes G#, cork or felt? in Sax Repair, Maintenance and Modification

I tell kids to treat (some) saxes as if they were made of glass. These users must be about 20 times more damaging than the players in my part...

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05-22-2017, 06:28 AM

milandro replied to a thread Categorization of sopranos in Bb Soprano

A spectrographic analysis of a flavor or a smell would tell you what the content of each of these is but not how people perceive them, yes you can...

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05-22-2017, 04:44 AM

clarnibass replied to a thread Grassi Professional 2000 & Prestige Build Quality in Sax Repair, Maintenance and Modification

It depends what build quality means. It could mean how well it holds up adjustment, how annoying it is to repair, how linkages are designed,...

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05-21-2017, 06:06 PM

milandro replied to a thread WANTED BARI SAX baritone saxophone in Saxophones Wanted

I’ve just sold one locally for €1500

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05-21-2017, 06:02 PM

milandro replied to a thread WANTED BARI SAX baritone saxophone in Saxophones Wanted

We seem to have far better options over here in the Netherlands, as I said, I’ve sold, always locally, a fair bit of baritones. Even an humble...

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05-21-2017, 05:28 PM

milandro replied to a thread WANTED BARI SAX baritone saxophone in Saxophones Wanted

As for buying a Chinese sax... for that money I sold a great Keilwerth Bb and for just a little more a low A Weltklang. Johant bought for less...

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05-21-2017, 05:25 PM

milandro replied to a thread WANTED BARI SAX baritone saxophone in Saxophones Wanted

despite what might look like only a very limited part of Ukraine is affected by the conflict. Sending money to some folks might be a problem but...

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05-21-2017, 04:10 PM

Gordon (NZ) replied to a thread Arm that closes G#, cork or felt? in Sax Repair, Maintenance and Modification

I take it that by "arm" you mean the G# lever that the left little finger operates. Yes, most manufacturers use cork, even though it is not really...

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05-21-2017, 03:52 PM

Gordon (NZ) replied to a thread Crash Course in Being a Technician? in Sax Repair, Maintenance and Modification

That depends on what the servicing involves. And of course it depends on your resources for making stuff. (About my most useful tool after the most...

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05-21-2017, 03:46 PM

Gordon (NZ) replied to a thread What clarinet to buy? in Clarinet

Don't buy a French made E11. It has several disastrous aspects of manufacture, eg glued in posts and the glue does not work, because there was never...

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05-21-2017, 01:35 PM

milandro replied to a thread WANTED BARI SAX baritone saxophone in Saxophones Wanted

And rules for shipping from Ukraine might not be the same from other countries. I sell many horns and I couldn’t ship anything longer than one...

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05-21-2017, 10:51 AM

milandro replied to a thread WANTED BARI SAX baritone saxophone in Saxophones Wanted

Shipping a baritone around the world is either impossible ( there is no way for me in the Netherlands for example to ship anything longer than 1m or...

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05-21-2017, 04:59 AM

clarnibass replied to a thread Crash Course in Being a Technician? in Sax Repair, Maintenance and Modification

Not only that but Butane and propane have pretty much the same flame temperature :) There is basically zero difference that is important for...

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05-20-2017, 04:40 PM

milandro replied to a thread Need information on Buffet crampon prestige soprano saxophone!!!!! in Evette & Schaeffer Buffet-Crampon, S.A.

actually you should keep the fatboy away from the buffet :bluewink2:

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05-20-2017, 04:22 PM

milandro replied to a thread Need information on Buffet crampon prestige soprano saxophone!!!!! in Evette & Schaeffer Buffet-Crampon, S.A.

There is nothing better than a good buffet :)

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05-20-2017, 03:52 PM

milandro replied to a thread Need information on Buffet crampon prestige soprano saxophone!!!!! in Evette & Schaeffer Buffet-Crampon, S.A.

Thats what you wrote in the quote above too :)

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05-20-2017, 03:33 PM

milandro replied to a thread The RAV plastic BLUES (ONLY?) tenorsax (?) in New Product & Dealer Announcements

the reason why saxophones only had minor upgrades since their beginnings is that the secret of their success lays with being the ideal compromise...

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05-20-2017, 12:37 PM

milandro replied to a thread Need information on Buffet crampon prestige soprano saxophone!!!!! in Evette & Schaeffer Buffet-Crampon, S.A.

then your thinking is not well informed.

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05-20-2017, 11:24 AM

milandro replied to a thread The RAV plastic BLUES (ONLY?) tenorsax (?) in New Product & Dealer Announcements

I am sure it will cost then an arm an a leg to make and buy an electromechanic saxophone and doing this in a shrinking market. I am also sure...

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05-20-2017, 06:20 AM

milandro replied to a thread The RAV plastic BLUES (ONLY?) tenorsax (?) in New Product & Dealer Announcements

Knock yourself out then! The other “ project” started the same way and as far as we know went nowhere. As any “ invention” is not about who makes...

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05-20-2017, 04:26 AM

clarnibass replied to a thread Arm that closes G#, cork or felt? in Sax Repair, Maintenance and Modification

It's not completely clear if you are talking about the arm that closes the G# by the G# left hand lever, or the arm (sometimes screw) that closes G#...

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05-19-2017, 05:53 PM

milandro replied to a thread Yamaha Venova YVS-100 - semi keyless C soprano in Miscellaneous

Tarogato not tarogota. Martien Niethammer would be probably happy to provide you with one , he makes all manners of flutes and headjoints and is...

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05-19-2017, 05:50 PM

milandro replied to a thread The RAV plastic BLUES (ONLY?) tenorsax (?) in New Product & Dealer Announcements

Well, you are welcome to make your move in the world of saxophone advancement. Next to Vibratosax and Jim Schmidt there aren’t any other...

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05-19-2017, 05:31 PM

milandro replied to a thread Yamaha Venova YVS-100 - semi keyless C soprano in Miscellaneous

true, but, although I am of the thrifty persuasion, cheap ain’t always good and the best way not to waste money is not buying things that you don’t...

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05-19-2017, 03:46 PM

milandro replied to a thread The RAV plastic BLUES (ONLY?) tenorsax (?) in New Product & Dealer Announcements

and yet, how many people have you found who have made the stage of a working prototype in making a saxophone with moving parts? I can count the on...

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05-19-2017, 03:36 PM

milandro replied to a thread Yamaha Venova YVS-100 - semi keyless C soprano in Miscellaneous

You are ill informed the saxillo goes from C to G2 so more than one octave, not just one. the other experimental tarogato made by Martin...

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05-19-2017, 03:29 PM

milandro replied to a thread Categorization of sopranos in Bb Soprano

there are several threads in the past attempting to bring univocal clarity to descriptions and all stranded in the impossibility of the task. ...

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