... between reporting this to eBay or just congratulating him on what looks like a nicely refurbished horn.
silver-sax. Particular ad: Martin Dick Stabile Model tenor. Quoting:
Second, not only are the gold-plated keys not original, the silver plate isn't either. It was satin silver, not burnished. Not that I'm complaining. It looks nice.
Anyhow, silver-sax is probably infamous for his (I'm just using "his" as proper gender-neutral. I don't know the seller) creation of the King "Super 22". That debacle is on SOTW, if you want all the details.
silver-sax has had a few other beautiful restorations, like this "gold label" B&S tenor (also mentioned on Helen's website) and several Weltklang baritones.
Edit: it looks like silver-sax also sells under the name tagawa99
silver-sax. Particular ad: Martin Dick Stabile Model tenor. Quoting:
First, there are obviously more than two DS tenors out there. I know this because he's selling another one -- and I actually posted 5 of them on saxpics.com. So, no, I didn't say anyplace that there was only one. I did mention "rare," in the sense of "quite uncommon," and, based on info from the folks that owned/played them, that they were a pretty good stencil model.Fine condition. Very rare. Only two tenors are known (second horn - on Saxpics.com). Original silver plate (approx. 90-95%; mainly silver plate is missing on the and neck and some places o the bell and bow). Sax keys are gold plated and have engraving (I can assume that is not original, but it is magnificent). There are scratches on the silver plate, uneven surface on some places, but it is almost not visible; white pads with rivets in very good condition. Serial number 20422. case.
Second, not only are the gold-plated keys not original, the silver plate isn't either. It was satin silver, not burnished. Not that I'm complaining. It looks nice.
Anyhow, silver-sax is probably infamous for his (I'm just using "his" as proper gender-neutral. I don't know the seller) creation of the King "Super 22". That debacle is on SOTW, if you want all the details.
silver-sax has had a few other beautiful restorations, like this "gold label" B&S tenor (also mentioned on Helen's website) and several Weltklang baritones.
Edit: it looks like silver-sax also sells under the name tagawa99
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