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Today, 07:55 AM

milandro replied to a thread Please help identify this alto saxophone in Misc. Saxophone Manufacturers

No, with this sax it will never be better. With another sax you will be better off.

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Today, 07:53 AM

milandro replied to a thread "La Grande Paris" - alto sax in Misc. Saxophone Manufacturers

pictures were publishes by OP in 2008, you are a bit late, they are no longer up. Good info though.

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Yesterday, 04:25 PM

milandro replied to a thread Who should improvise? in Playing Songs

in my band I have to push the bass and drums player to improvise! They won’t do it unless we trade fours or eights ( very rarely!). Me and the...

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Yesterday, 01:49 PM

milandro replied to a thread how come Link doesn't make them like they used to? in Tenor mpc

I think so too. So there was good and bad even then but, probably, only the better ones survived the test of time. Maybe in 100 years someone will be...

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Yesterday, 12:46 PM

milandro replied to a thread New paraschos wbsite www.georgeparaschos.com in Ligatures

Welcome back Lefteris. Very sad news about your father whom I had the great honor to meet together with your mother and your brothers (there might...

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Yesterday, 11:49 AM

milandro replied to a thread how come Link doesn't make them like they used to? in Tenor mpc

Precisely, it is difficult to define what is what. We have now mass production of almost anything that is incredibly more precise and with...

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Yesterday, 11:18 AM

milandro replied to a thread how come Link doesn't make them like they used to? in Tenor mpc

old threads with the same question didn’t get to give a definitive answer. I don’t know if there is an answer. I have always found interesting...

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Yesterday, 10:32 AM

Michael Ward replied to a thread People leaving. in Who We Are & "Get Togethers"

After some reflection and talking with my friend who recently left SOTW I'm going to follow suit with him and Little Wailer and take a break. ...

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Yesterday, 06:12 AM

milandro replied to a thread Buffet S1 soprano questions in Evette & Schaeffer Buffet-Crampon, S.A.

from the ’80 onwards. The US reality of music at school is certainly not what happens in the rest of the world where music at school ad music in...

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09-23-2017, 10:14 PM

montague saxby replied to a thread charles bradley in In Memory of ...

... a spirit that all of us feel with the power to connect ... sad, sad news..

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09-23-2017, 06:55 PM

milandro replied to a thread this guy Leo Pellegrino in YouTube videos

A concert would be great. Not quite so nice with a glass of brandy by the fire. Each horse has its course

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09-23-2017, 06:53 PM

milandro replied to a thread Please help identify this alto saxophone in Misc. Saxophone Manufacturers

one of the two meanings (Oxford Dictionary) • an unsatisfactory imitation or substitute spot on

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09-23-2017, 05:44 PM

milandro replied to a thread Please help identify this alto saxophone in Misc. Saxophone Manufacturers

Not any more than a fake cannon for tourists. Looks like one but can’t be used like one.

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09-23-2017, 03:29 PM

milandro replied to a thread Buffet S1 soprano questions in Evette & Schaeffer Buffet-Crampon, S.A.

gold plated spring ( for the most part or even everywhere, the horn is now at the tech) on mine. Until the ’80, I am sure, that the market of “...

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09-23-2017, 02:49 PM

Michael Ward replied to a thread People leaving. in Who We Are & "Get Togethers"

I know the difference between humour and snide. I can take a joke and have a laugh with the best. Appropriating my photographs was over stepping the...

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09-23-2017, 12:57 PM

milandro replied to a thread this guy Leo Pellegrino in YouTube videos

yes, infectious playing also to see on the road with Grace Kelly and too many zooz. I have been looking for some other things a bit more “...

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09-23-2017, 10:40 AM

milandro replied to a thread Please help identify this alto saxophone in Misc. Saxophone Manufacturers

Value is 0 as musical instruments. They are not! They are unusable. I would venture saying that no, they are not a saxophone, they have only...

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09-23-2017, 07:22 AM

Michael Ward replied to a thread New King in town in King (HN White)

Beauty's only King deep yeh yeh yeh

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09-23-2017, 06:44 AM

Michael Ward started a thread Gig in October in Announcements and Bulletin Board

I'm in the Leeds / Wakefield area at the beautiful Hepworth Gallery on the 28th of October with my group The Consumptives. No saxophone but a really...

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09-23-2017, 06:43 AM

milandro replied to a thread Please help identify this alto saxophone in Misc. Saxophone Manufacturers

see my previous post

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09-23-2017, 06:39 AM

Michael Ward replied to a thread People leaving. in Who We Are & "Get Togethers"

I feel like this post has had a positive impact and cleared the air somewhat certainly for me. Now I ( we) can get back to the real business of...

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09-22-2017, 09:16 PM

Michael Ward replied to a thread People leaving. in Who We Are & "Get Togethers"

I think on balance the positives of being a member of the forum somewhat outweigh the negatives. It would be far easier just to be an observer and...

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09-22-2017, 08:18 PM

Michael Ward replied to a thread Eb and Bb Clark Fobes pieces BARGAIN in Clarinet Mouthpieces, etc.

The 2L is sold . Thankyou

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09-22-2017, 08:14 PM

milandro replied to a thread SYOS anyone ? in General Mouthpiece Discussion

to and fro Canada to France a few times might turn out to be expensive

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09-22-2017, 05:24 PM

milandro replied to a thread Overhaul turnover time in Sax Repair, Maintenance and Modification

better having more than one string to one’s fiddle or bow. You never know!

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09-22-2017, 05:16 PM

milandro replied to a thread SYOS anyone ? in General Mouthpiece Discussion

Interesting business model... selling at Metal mouthpiece price a synthetic 3D printed mouthpiece ( My handmade Brancher didn’t cost me that second...

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09-22-2017, 05:10 PM

milandro replied to a thread Mark VI tenor neck value in Advice on Buying or Selling a Saxophone

good luck!

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09-22-2017, 04:46 PM

milandro replied to a thread Mark VI tenor neck value in Advice on Buying or Selling a Saxophone

apparently around 500 to 600 € https://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?236409-Selmer-Mark-VI-tenor-neck-(EU)

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