Monday, January 20, 2014

Learn About Vintage Saxophones And Their History

By Marissa Velazquez


The word vintage bears a great significance and vintage saxophones do not necessarily mean they are old. Any saxophone which has aged over the years cannot be termed as vintage. Here quality plays a very important role and also the instrument's playability.

You need to assess the brand and the production as well. It is still being produced. In case this musical instrument was played by a renowned musician or it was produced for short duration, you can safely say that it had some values attached to it. You also need to consider the playability value of these musical instruments. These instruments produced in late 1920s or 30s had a very high pitch tone. Now these are outdated because these will not blend with modern orchestras or other musical instruments.

These instruments get old and become a rarity they become high in demand and their price gets increased. As these are out of production these days it is difficult for a collector to collect one and the price also sometimes become prohibitive. If these are played by famous musicians the price become phenomenal during auctions.

How do you determine the age of these instruments. Well this is very easy. The serial number printed on the instrument will give you an idea about how old the instrument is and who was the maker of this instrument. The age of the instrument adds great value to the instrument and the buyer also gets a very good information about the history of the instrument.

Chu Berry and the Conqueror series are the most popular models of the Conn brand. This brand is also the most popular among all American brands. These were greatly appreciated by musicians its very popularity made other manufacturers to produced similar ones.

Models of Selmer brand are available online and these are quite expensive too. It was the brand greatly valued by musicians. And its age old instruments are in high demand even today and people do trust this manufacturer because it has remained in business for more than 80 years.

Gus Buescher was the maker of the brand called Buescher. Though it was very much like the Conn instruments still these were quite popular because of the sound quality. And because of this it was liked by the musicians. Aristocrat and Tru-Tone were its most in demand models.

King was manufactured by H. N. White Company and these were also equally popular. The king Zephyr and the Super 20 models were extremely popular because of their big bass like sound. Super 20 followed the Zephyr series but with improved mechanism.

These are some of the vintage saxophones that was discussed. These legendary instruments which were produced on the early part of 1900 are most sought after by the collectors and the musicians. Some of these are highly sought after while others are less known but, as far as the quality and sound are concerned these are also equally good. The instruments which were produced in mid-30s to 40s were very good in craftsmanship and sound.




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