I had the chance to pick up a truly fine example of an antique baritone recently. It's a baritone that seems to have spent most, if not all of its life, on Vancouver Island. It was made by the Buffet-Crampon company after it was sold to Evette & Schaeffer. It's serial # is 75XX. It is silver plated, with very little few ding or dents... Perhaps because it is a high pitch horn, and it spent many years safely tucked away in its customized plywood box, that passed as a case.
I've put up some photos on my site if anyone is interested. It has all the non-features of what you would expect from a horn circa 1886.
I'm wondering about mouthpieces for this sax, because I'm not sure what came with it. The piece that came with it is marked Conn, and has an eagle on it. Now I haven't yet tried it on my bass, but it appears to be externally the same length as my Geo Bundy bass mouthpiece that I got with my Buescher bass. I do have some photos of this Conn mouthpiece, and have taken some side by side with the Bundy to compare the 2 including the facing, and don't see any noticeable differences. I haven't had a chance to optimize the photos yet, but will try to do so later today. When I've got them done, I'll post some in an album here.
I remember reading something quite some time ago (don't remember where), I think it might have been by Groovekiller, that very old bari mouthpieces and bass mouthpieces are hard to distinguish from each other. Heh Groove, you there? Does this sound familiar? I know you have an Adolphe Sax that is similar to this horn. Is yours HP? What do you use as a mouthpiece? Would a HP and LP horn use different mouthpieces all other things being equal?
Oh, and while I'm working on my learning curve, can anyone enlighten me as to exactly how these 2 octave levers work? Unfortunately the bari is leaking quite badly right now, so it's a bit tough to make head or tails out of what's a leak, and what's a wrong octave key application.
I've put up some photos on my site if anyone is interested. It has all the non-features of what you would expect from a horn circa 1886.
- Double octave keys
- Keyed range from low B to high Eb;
- No pearl or rollers;
- Fixed neck;
- No water key;
I'm wondering about mouthpieces for this sax, because I'm not sure what came with it. The piece that came with it is marked Conn, and has an eagle on it. Now I haven't yet tried it on my bass, but it appears to be externally the same length as my Geo Bundy bass mouthpiece that I got with my Buescher bass. I do have some photos of this Conn mouthpiece, and have taken some side by side with the Bundy to compare the 2 including the facing, and don't see any noticeable differences. I haven't had a chance to optimize the photos yet, but will try to do so later today. When I've got them done, I'll post some in an album here.
I remember reading something quite some time ago (don't remember where), I think it might have been by Groovekiller, that very old bari mouthpieces and bass mouthpieces are hard to distinguish from each other. Heh Groove, you there? Does this sound familiar? I know you have an Adolphe Sax that is similar to this horn. Is yours HP? What do you use as a mouthpiece? Would a HP and LP horn use different mouthpieces all other things being equal?
Oh, and while I'm working on my learning curve, can anyone enlighten me as to exactly how these 2 octave levers work? Unfortunately the bari is leaking quite badly right now, so it's a bit tough to make head or tails out of what's a leak, and what's a wrong octave key application.