Finally ...
I thought of you when I started this thread this evening - half a year later than promised. I'm really sorry!Finally! ... .
Good point!... The downside is that if you are using the key like a modern horn, playing in A or other sharp keys, holding the key down (like using the articulated G#) will make Eb and D really sharp as it leves the C# pad open even when you are wanting only the G# key to be down. ...
agreed. E.g. http://books.google.de/books?id=sic...page&q=lyon healy dead easy saxophone&f=falseLyon & Healy needs to work on their marketing. ...
Lyon & Healy shows on page 14 in their brochure from 1926 "The Lyon & Healy Artist soprano saxophones - including the curved model:Who made this soprano?
Who designed it?
Where was it built?
When was it made?
Yes, that coincides with my research.When saxpics.com was owned by Pete Hales, I came across some interesting email messages that had been archived about the L&H Artist Curved Soprano. IIRC, the emails mentioned that there were possibly 3 different versions of this horn out there ...
Steve, this brings to light fascinating new insight:... a picture of King Curtis playing this horn. ...
Wow. I never heard Curtis play any kind of soprano before. He sounds great on the L&H curved model.http://wn.com/King_Saxello Choose No.6 and you will hear King Curtis with his Lyon & Healy soprano saxophone curved model.
There is little info about the early models (Prototype, Intermediate Model). I think the earliest one was a real prototype, in this stadium not yet intended for the market. The Prototype didn't bare the personal hallmarks of Couturier, who left the Couturier Band Instrument Company late 1923. I don't even know if it has a serial number.... Now I wonder about that failed high F prototype...did Couturier just go back and make it a high Eb horn to cut their losses?