OK, woodwind fans. Here's the 2009 line up, in no particular order
1. Matt Stohrer, 1920's Conn New Wonder Eb alto (rose gold plate, heavily engraved)
2. AH Visser, 1939 SML Modele Super Standard Eb alto (silver plate)
3. Christoph Huxoll, 1970's Buffet S1 Bb tenor (silver plate)
4. John Talcott, 1950 Selmer Super (Balanced) Action Eb alto (silver plate, custom engraved by Jason Dumars)
5. Charles W. Gray, COMPILATION*: 1969 Buffet SDA Eb bari (low A, silver plate), 2005 Cannonball "Big Bell" Global Series Bb tenor (silver plate), 1952 Selmer SBA Eb alto (silver plate), 2001 Buffet Festival Bb clarinet (wood), early Weissman C piccolo (wood), 2000 Pearl 761RBE C flute w/Weissman head (silver plate) -- and power tools.
6. Peter Gaylord, 1920's Buescher True Tone Eb alto (silver plate)
7. Jim Glass, Jr., COMPILATION: 2006 Eppelsheim Bb Soprillo (lacquer) and 1880 6-Key, Ivory headjoint piccolo.
8. Rob Verdi: Dolnet curved Eb sopranino (lacquer) and 1920's Lyon & Healy Perfect Curved Bb soprano.
9. Pierre Haftek, COMPILATION: 1960's Beaugnier-made Vito Bb soprano, Eb alto and Bb tenor (all lacquer)
10. AH Visser, 1930's Conn 6M (New York neck, lacquer)
11. Christoph Huxoll, COMPILATION: 1920's Conn New Wonder C soprano (silver plate), Bb soprano (gold plate), Bb tenor (gold plate)
12. Pierre Haftek, COMPILATION: 1960's Pierret-made Parisian Ambassador Eb alto, Bb tenor and Eb baritone (all two-tone)
13. AH Visser, 1960's Buescher Model 157 Aristocrat Bb tenor (two-tone)
*COMPILATION = several horns in one (submitted) shot.
I'm thinking of putting one of Mr. Visser's horns on the cover or Mr. Gray's compilation. I have to play with sizes a lot for the cover and those are the biggest pictures submitted.
Note: Matt Stohrer and AH Visser have been contributing a LOT of pics over the past four years that I've been doing calendars. I'm trying to catch up and I've already had Matt in more often than Mr. V. (I really appreciate the pics, folks).
(Interestingly, I think I've had a Jason DuMars-engraved horn in the calendar every year, too.)
I also tried very hard to get anyone in that sent me pics that looked good and were close enough to the sizes I needed. If I didn't include you this year, you'll be my first choice for next year!
Picture samples will be available when I finish making them. Might be another week or so, depending on how much time I have -- that's also why the dates, above, are incomplete
. I can say that the big calendar and small calendar will again have different poses for some horns, because of size issues. I've gotta say, though, both calendars look really, really nice, if 2008 and earlier are any indication.