Hi, I am not a sax player but my dad played professionally. He was a UNT alum and played in the One O'Clock band there in the late 60s. He always had cool horns and was trading them so he could try out different ones. He passed away in 2016 and I am just now getting around to take inventory of his instruments. I wonder if anyone can tell me anything about this Pierret tenor. I don't know much about saxophones, other than what I have recently researched and learned in my college WW Tech class. But I would like to know more about this model if anyone has any information to share. It's a beautiful horn and it plays like a dream. The tech I took it to said it's very unique.
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Looking for info on a Pierret 207bd Voltaire Tenor Sax
http://saxpics.com/pierret/index.htm (I no longer own this website, so updates are appx. 13 years out of date. Ask if you have questions.)
https://bassic-sax.info/pix/index.php?/category/pierret (Picture galleries.)
207 Bd. Voltaire is an address.
@Helen has owned and played Pierrets. I haven't.
https://bassic-sax.info/pix/index.php?/category/pierret (Picture galleries.)
207 Bd. Voltaire is an address.
@Helen has owned and played Pierrets. I haven't.
I just bought almost same type (Pierret Nil Melior, probably custom made bearing initials G F on oktave key and bell with nr. 9232) a few weeks back. Low B and Bb keys on other side of the bell. Keywork and pivotscrews completely ruined, but restorable.
I own and restored a Pierret Fanfare with comparable octave mechanism. (15689) serial number is in the guard of the F# triller key. Probably around 1930 but I haven't really checked. Beautiful open sound and with the neck of Nil Melior even better in tune (palmkeys tend to be too low, since I bend the neck back to its original position, which increased the volume a bit; can be helped with decreasing the volume in the neck's wide curve). I am wildly enthusiastic about French saxophones around 1930. I've played a Lyrist Poimboeuf tenor for 14 years and Lyrist Briard alto a few years longer.
I own and restored a Pierret Fanfare with comparable octave mechanism. (15689) serial number is in the guard of the F# triller key. Probably around 1930 but I haven't really checked. Beautiful open sound and with the neck of Nil Melior even better in tune (palmkeys tend to be too low, since I bend the neck back to its original position, which increased the volume a bit; can be helped with decreasing the volume in the neck's wide curve). I am wildly enthusiastic about French saxophones around 1930. I've played a Lyrist Poimboeuf tenor for 14 years and Lyrist Briard alto a few years longer.