INSTRUMENTS

1865 Adolphe Sax Bb Sopransaxophon stencil Lacreussete Valenciennes, ca. 1865, built by Adolphe Sax ( 1. Patent) 

          for the music shop Lacreussete & Quandieu in Valenciennes, Hauts-de-France, Briard Soliste Garde Républicaine mouthpiece.

1865 Adolphe Sax Eb Alto Saxophone, Ser. 31060, Leihgabe aus privater Sammlung. Buffet Crampon Holzmundstücke, ca. 1880.

1940 Buescher Aristocrat Sopran Saxophon in C-Stimmung, Mechanik bis hoch F, Jared de Leon MPC, (Selmer C** tip) mouthpiece. 

1951 Powell ORKON Flöte (Edward V. Powell) aus dem Nachlass des Fernsehmoderators „Buffalo“ Bob Smith, New Rochelle, NY. 

1958  Couesnon Monopole II, Eb-Altsaxophon, Ser. Nr. 9625, erweiterte Klappen, Tief A und Hoch G, gebaut in Paris, Selmer Air Flow D. 

1965 Beaugnier „Antoine Courtois“ (Vito Model 39), Ser. 10xxx, YAMAHA Custom C1 Sterling Silber S-Bogen, Brilhart Ebolin 5*.

1980  Keilwerth „Toneking“ Tenorsaxophon

2010 YAMAHA Soprano 82Z, Prototype, Ser. No 1001, Meyer NY USA 10 mouthpiece.

I have studied the history of building saxophones from Adolphe Sax instruments to the early 20th century french instruments, the glorious Jazz Age in the USA with companies like Conn, Buescher, King and Martin and their European competitors in the second half of the 20th century such as Selmer, Couesnon, Buffet Crampon and Leblanc/Beaugnier. My favorite modern saxophone builder is YAMAHA and my favorite reeds are organic and produced by DÁddario woodwinds.