WorldwideSax.com is a Vintage Saxophone
repair shop
that also buys, completely
rebuilds and resells Vintage Professional Saxophones. I also do
Rebuilds and Restorations for customers from all over the
world.
WWS is a by appointment
only specialist, not a "music
store". Customers
can see and hear what is available on this website.
(Inventory
is out of date. In your http address, you'll see "old" for these
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archives. We wanted to keep this live for saxophone research.)
For
current inventory and services, please see: www.WorldwideSax.com
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Work
Schedule 2016
On-going
'16 side project:
Conn
Chu Tenor-Super Gigger Custom
WWS
horn #211k gets Custom Rebuild with custom RED roo pads, maxed out Silver
resotech resonators, Premium upgrades, keywork fabrication...etc
In Progress/On
Hold
1-5-16
Conn 10M Tenor:
Worldwide
Sax
horn #349k gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with natural cork throughout for
customer, and neckstrap moved. Long
Complete
~LIMITED
AVAILABILITY~
1-25-16
"The
Martin Alto" Full Standard Rebuild
Hurwitz
Complete
2/5/16
- 2/17/16
Gold Restoration,
Martin Typewriter alto: Customer
horn returns from plating to get assembled and put together! I can't wait! Hurwitz
In Progress
~LIMITED
AVAILABILITY~
2-25-16
King Zephyr Alto: Worldwide
Sax
horn #322k gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with natural cork throughout for
customer. Chant
Complete
3-16-16
Nickel plated CONN
6M alto: Worldwide
Sax
horn #249k gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with natural cork throughout for
customer. Griffin
Complete
5-9-16
Buescher "Big
B" Silver alto: Customer
horn gets a Vintage Buescher Rebuild with snap in pads and natural cork throughout,
repair octave trigger too. Dickson
Complete
6-15-16
Gold plated Conn
"Artist" New Wonder II alto: Worldwide
Sax
horn #234k gets a Custom Rebuild with Chocolate Roo pads, and custom Resotech
Gold, oversized resos with cork throughout. Donnelly Complete
6-26-16
KING SUPER 20 ALTO:
Worldwide
Sax
horn #367k gets a Special Rebuild with Black Roo pads, premium upgrades, FOR
CUSTOMER. Martin Complete
8-4-16
Original Lacquer CONN
6M alto: Worldwide
Sax
horn #279k gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with natural cork throughout for
customer. Leung
Done
8-11-16
Conn
C-Melody:
Customer
sax #97k. Customer sax gets a WWS Rebuild with Black Roo pads, and 60%+ flat
metal resos, and new stainless springs.
Mattina
Complete
8-20-16
Silver Restoration
- Aristo 1 Tenor: Customer
sax assembly after 3years of progress. Sax gets a WWS Rebuild.
Havenfield
Complete
10/20/2016
Buescher TT
BASS: WWS/Customer
sax #145k. A WWS Inventory sax to be restored for customer. Setup TBD--customer
Brass Resos. Pearson
In Progress
11/1/16
SML Reynolds
Contempora Tenor: WWS
horn gets a Sarge Premium Rebuild with black roo pads, Silver Resotech
resonators, Premium corks and felts for customer. Felix
In Progress
11-25-16
Slot Open
12/10/2016
The Martin
Tenor:
Customer
horn gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with natural cork throughout, replace
missing key, and "Acid Bath +" treatment.
McCarthy
12-20-16
Slot Open
-
2017 -
1-5-17
Slot Open
1-20-17
Slot Open
2-5-17
Slot Open
DATE
TBD Buescher Silver
C-Soprano: customer
sax #155k Crosby
If you wish to schedule a rebuild, or purchase one of
the saxes
(and it
still needs
to be rebuilt), send me a 50% deposit to hold your place in the work
schedule. I
work from a published schedule (see left margin) so that your sax will only be out of your
possession a couple weeks, while i do the actual work, it does not have to just
sit on the shop floor, until its turn comes up... you send it to arrive on
schedule and we return it on schedule.
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If a horns says "just rebuilt", then it's ready to go, saxes that say "scheduled for a rebuild" are
waiting for the work to be done, but it will be included in the posted
price. If a sax says "ON TRIAL" someone is taking advantage of
the "Three Day
Trial" policy (See Info and
Orders page).
Saxophone
Comparison Chart
Some
of the best vintage saxes of all time
(and
SOUND FILES)
Here is a pic of some custom
resonator work. The reso can be sized to your tonehole, or whatever you would
like.
I can get you virtually any resonator ordered. Sarge's favorite
was the Resotech
solid silver reso.
The Industry's Premier Silver and Gold Plating System
Ask about having us Plate your Bell interior in 24
carat or ROSE
GOLD
It
is our business to Rebuild your sax or sell ours as Fully Rebuilt Saxes. We
never sell our stock "As-Is". We are Restorers.
If you wish to schedule a rebuild, or purchase one of our saxes and it
still needs
to be rebuilt, send us a 50% deposit
and we will schedule its rebuild before any of our other
worldwidesax.com inventory.
Everybody
loves these new Kangaroo
skin
pads, aka Saxgourmet Pads and you
can get them from Curt, at musicmedic.com
you can request that any WWS stock be rebuilt with them, or
just click this link and order some for yourself.
HINT: no one ever says
that these models play "bad".
(I
have seen that many are connected to the Gold Medal era and into the King
Marigaux era. Rev D era ones are very rare. WWS 'seen' examples are noted with
their serial number.)
Pitchard
Artist
(#19k GM)
A.Cojan
(#21k--UNIQUE:
with F#!, unique for the early number!, with Rev D guards, GM engraving,
Marigaux F#.)
Reynolds
Contempora
(#19k GM)
Jen
Co Harmonica
(#8k, Rev D)
Alexandre
(#10k Rev D)
"The
Woodwind Co."
(#14k Rev D)
Vedette
(#20k, GM)
Here is a helpful outline of
Keilwerth serial Numbers:
Keilwerth
Serial Numbers:
1925: 0-800
1933-5:
9000
1941: 18,500
1947:
#20,000
1953: #23,000
1958: #28,000
1960: #38,000
1962: #43,000
1964: #49,000
1966:
#55,000
1971: #69,000
1975-6?: #79,000
1977:
#81,000
1986: #91,000
1993: #99,100
1996: #104,000
1998:
#109,000
2004:
#119,000
Keilwerth made The New King
and Tone
King as their main brand names, from 1932 to 1969 or so, but
there were always stencils, like Edgeware and later Couf. Here are few of
the other names you may find on Keilwerth made horns. The New King and
Tone King saxes were identical except for a high F# key on the tone king model,
but keilwerth marketed the Tone King as the "deluxe" Pro model and the
New King as the "standard" Pro model
Known Keilwerth Stencils:
Couf Superba 1 & 2
Royalist
Conn DJH
Buffet
Edgeware
Marco
Vincent Albert
Martelle
Winsall
Tam
Bundy Special
(H&A Selmer)
(La Sete - seen:
baritone/soprano)
Armstrong
Heritage
King Tempo
Champion
Calvert Deluxe
Silvertone
Hammerschmidt (sopranos)
Jean Barre Artist (seen
Alto)
Princeton (seen
Alto)
American Master (seen
Alto)
Keilwerth
copiers, such as Amati,
Dörfler & Jörka (1949 to 1968, then purchased by Keilwerth) and B&S
H.Genet
Roxy
Jubilee
Voss
Silvertone
Rene Dumont
Keilwerth relatives:
Max Keilwerth and Richard Keilwerth (Graslitz) made saxes
under the names:
Weltklang (baritones only)
Senator
Hohner
Here is a handy chart
for King
ZEPHYR series:
Zephyr
and Zephyr Special
Zephyr, "Series I":
s/n
170xxx to 180xxx
Zephyr, "Series II":
s/n
180xxx to 237xxx
Zephyr Special:
s/n 200xxx to 280xxx
Zephyr, "Series III":
s/n 237xxx to 305xxx
Zephyr, "Series IV":
s/n 305xxx to 423xxx
Zephyr, "Series V":
s/n 423xxx to 540xxx
1945 was the beginning of King's Super 20 (s/n 272xxx)
and Zephyr "II"s (s/n 272xxx)
Here is a handy chart
for King
SUPER 20 series:
1945-1949 "Series I":
#272xxx to
295xxx
Tranny "Series Ia":
#295xxx to
305xxx 1950-1951 "Series II":
#305xxx to
340xxx 1955-1962 "Series III":
#340xxx to
380xxx 1962-1967 "Series IV":
#380xxx to
426xxx
Factory
moves to Eastlake 1967-1975+/- "Series V":
#426xxx to 540xxx
1975 "Series VI":
<1975?
era debate 1975+?
#540xxx to
800xxx
Past Work Schedule 2010:
4-13-10 Gold
Plated The
Martin Soprano 64,xxx:
Done
4-18-10 Silver The
Martin Tenor 184K "USMC": Done
5-7-10 Buffet
SDA Alto 18K: Done
5-14-10 Armstrong
Low A
Baritone: Done
5-25-10 Conn
10M:
Done
5-28-10 Martin
Committee 2
Alto: WWS
Done
6-1-10 J.
Keilwerth 1934 New
King
Alto:
Nickle plated Done
6-11-10 The
Martin Alto:
Done
6-17-10 Silver
Buescher
Big B: Silver plated WWS horn gets a Standard Vintage Rebuild with flat metal
resos for customer. Done
6-24-10 1948
Conn 6m Naked Lady: Done
7-2-10 Buescher
400 Tenor #505K:
WWS horn gets a Standard Vintage Rebuild with Prestini rivetless
dome metal resos. WWS Done
7-8-10 1928
Silver Conn Chu Alto:
Customer horn gets a Standard Vintage Rebuild with flat metal
resos. DONE
7-20-10 King
Super 20 Alto #415K: WWS horn gets a Standard Vintage Rebuild with flat metal
resos. WWS Done
7-28-10 Conn
6m: customer horn gets a Standard Vintage Rebuild with flat metal
resos. Done
7-28-10 1945
The
Martin Tenor:
WWS horn 153K gets a Standard Vintage Rebuild with Seamless Domed
resos. WWS
Done
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8-5-10 Buescher
Aristo "156" Tenor #338K:
Done
8-12-10 1953
SML Rev D #10K:
Chadd horn gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with Presini pads, some
Premium upgrades, minor fabrication work, and some plating restorations.
Done
8-13-10 1972
Selmer Mark VI alto #208K:
WWS horn gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with Presini pads and
natural cork throughout. WWS Done
8-27-10 1940
Conn 26M
alto: Customer horn gets a
Premium Vintage Rebuild with White Roos & Seamless Flat resos. Done
9-7-10 1952
King Zephyr Alto:
WWS horn 328K gets a Standard Vintage Rebuild. WWS
Done
9-23-10 Buescher
Big B Tenor #322K:
WWS horn gets a Standard Buescher Rebuild with Buescher snap in
pads and natural cork throughout for customer. Done
6-17-10 Silver
Buescher
Aristocrat #280k: Silver plated WWS horn gets a Standard Vintage
Buescher snap-in Rebuild with original metal resos. WWS Done
10-15-10 1960s
LeBlanc Rationale Tenor:
WWS horn gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with Presini pads. Sarge/WWS
Done
10-22-10 1953
SML Rev D #10K:
WWS horn gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with Presini pads for
customer. Done
10-26-10 1940
Martin Comm 2 alto:
Chadd horn gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with Presini pads, some
Premium upgrades for customer.
Done
11-4-10 Buescher
Aristocrat Alto #345k: WWS horn gets a Standard Vintage
Buescher snap-in Rebuild with original metal resos. WWS Done
11-4-10 Buescher
Big B
Aristocrat Tenor #317k: WWS horn gets a Standard Vintage
Buescher snap-in Rebuild with original metal resos. WWS Done
11-18-10 Silver
Conn Chu alto: Customer horn gets a Standard Vintage Rebuild with
flat metal resos. Childs Done
12-2-10 Buescher
Big B
Aristocrat Alto: WWS horn gets a Standard Vintage
Buescher snap-in Rebuild with original metal resos. WWS Done
12-14-10 The
Martin Tenor #208k: WWS horn gets a Standard Vintage Rebuild with
flat metal resos and rivet center. WWS Done
12-17-10 Nickel
Conn Chu Tenor: WWS horn gets a Vintage
French Standard Rebuild with plastic resos. WWS
Done
Please e-mail or phone us for additional descriptions or JPEG's of
any of our current inventory, or if you don't see something you would like to have, let us
know.
Unlike some web shops, we will try to list all of our current inventory and prices so you
can see and shop here in our virtual store.
We have a long list of customers you can
e-mail for references. (see References Page)
Thanks, for visiting Worldwide Sax.
~~Chadd&Steve~~
Past Work 2011:
1-1-2011 H.Couf
Superba 1 Tenor:
Customer horn gets a Standard Vintage Rebuild with Pisoni rivetless dome metal
resos. Thaut
Done
1-4-11 1938
Buescher Aristocrat
series 1 Tenor:
WWS horn gets a Vintage Buescher Snap-in Rebuild with natural cork
throughout. WWSDone
1-19-11 Conn
"tranny" Chu alto:
WWS horn gets a Vintage Rebuild with natural cork
throughout and Sherry Huntly Engraving. WWS Done
1-28-11 Conn
6m alto: Customer horn gets a Vintage Rebuild with natural cork
throughout. Harford Done
2-5-11 King
Super 20 alto - pearls: WWS horn gets a Vintage Rebuild with
premuim extras. WWS Done
2-22-11 King
Super 20 tenor - pearls: Customer horn gets a Vintage Rebuild with
oversized Noyak resos on Black Saxgourmet Roo pads. Atkinson
Done
2-23-11 Buescher
400 Tenor 429K: WWS horn gets a
Vintage Buescher Snap In rebuild. WWS Done
3-10-11 Conn
Gold C-Soprano 98K: WWS horn gets a rebuild
for customer with silver Resotechs to be gold plated & Premium Upgrade. Gast
Done
4-7-11 King
Super 20 tenor --full pearls:
Sax gets a Vintage Rebuild with premium extras and seamless flat resos. Sarge
Done
4-14-11 Conn
Chu tranny tenor: Customer horn gets a Vintage Rebuild with
oversized Resotech resos on Black Saxgourmet Roo pads and a Premium Upgrade and
New stainless steel springs. Mattina Done
4-21-11 Buffet
S-1 Tenor:
Sax gets a Vintage Rebuild with premium extras and seamless flat resos. Sarge
Done
5-10-11 Vintage
YAS-62 purple
label: Customer horn gets a
French Standard rebuild with plastic dome resos. Tebo
Done
5-13-11 Vintage
Dolnet #24K: WWS horn gets a
French Standard rebuild with Flat Metal resos. WWS
Done
5-19-11 Selmer
Mark VI alto: Customer horn gets a
Silver Restoration
with a
French Standard rebuild with plastic dome resos and full Spring Replacement. Zax
Done
6-3-11 Selmer
Mark VI Tenor: Customer horn gets a
French Standard rebuild with plastic dome resos and swedging. Layer
Done
6-20-11 Silver
Buescher
TrueTone IV Alto: Customer horn gets a
Vintage Standard rebuild with Buescher Snap In Pads. Tarvin
Done
7-1-11 King
Saxello customer horn gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild. Zax
Done
7-15-11 Silver
Conn curved Soprano: WWS horn gets a Vintage Standard
Rebuild after chemical Lacquer stripping, for customer. Luchtan
Done
7-29-11 Silver
Conn 26M
alto: WWS horn gets Rebuilt
and some much needed TLC. WWS Done
8/7/11--8/13/11 TIME
OFF
8-15-11
1935 Conn 10M
tenor: WWS horn gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild for
customer.
Oleru
Done
8-16-11 The
Martin Tenor 1953: Customer horn gets
Vintage Standard Rebuild. Neilo Done
8-29-11 King
Zephyr alto: WWS
(OS) horn gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild for customer. harrson/Keller
Done
9-1-11
Maintenance &
School Prep
9-10-11
Maintenance &
School Prep
9-20-11
Martin Committee II
alto: Customer horn gets
Vintage Standard Rebuild.Siboliban
Done
10-1-11
Martin Committee I
alto: Customer horn gets
Vintage Standard Rebuild + a new custom screw rod. Siboliban
Done
10-18-11
Martin Committee III
"The Martin alto": WWS horn gets
Vintage Standard Rebuild for customer. Zink
Done
11-1-11
H&A Selmer
Bundy Baritone: WWS horn gets
Vintage Standard Rebuild for customer with domed metal resos for customer. Snowhill
Done
11-13-11
Mark VI alto: Silver Restoration
Returns from Andersons. Customer horn gets a
with a
French Standard rebuild with Metal dome resos and full Spring Replacement with
Rose
Gold Plating Accents. Zax Done
12-6-11
Buescher Big B Baritone:
WWS horn gets
Vintage Standard Rebuild with metal-backed pads and natural cork throughout. Aaberg
Done
12/22--31/11
TIME OFF
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1-3-11
Conn Gold Artist
"Harp" alto:
WWS horn gets
Vintage Standard Rebuild for customer. Seward
Done
1-17-12
Buescher Big B
Tenor: Customer horn gets
Vintage Standard Rebuild with metal-backed pads and natural cork throughout. Williamson
Done
2-1-12
SML Rev D Alto:
Customer horn gets
Vintage Standard Rebuild with prestini pads and natural cork throughout, +
custom key fabrication. Heine Done
3-8-12
The Martin Tenor:
WWS horn gets
Vintage Standard Rebuild with prestini pads and natural cork throughout for
customer. Gillette Done
3-16-12
Buffet Super
Dynaction Tenor: WWS horn gets
Vintage Standard Rebuild with prestini pads and natural cork throughout for
customer. Croasdale Done
3-28-12
Conn baritone?:
Customer horn gets
Vintage Standard Rebuild with prestini pads and natural cork throughout for
customer. Tarvin Canceled
3/29--4/16/12
TIME OFF
4-26-12
Martin Committee I Alto:
Customer horn gets
Vintage Standard Rebuild with prestini pads and natural cork throughout for
customer. Lindberg Done
5-10-12
Buffet SDA Alto
#18,7xx: WWS horn gets Premium Rebuild with Saxgourmet
Black Roo pads with Noyak resonators for
customer. Sheedy Done
5-31-12
Silver/nickel The Martin Alto: WWS
horn gets vintage standard rebuild with new stainless steel springs, Rose-gold
wash
bell. Krause Done
6-21-12
Silver The Martin
Tenor: WWS horn
gets Vintage Standard rebuild for customer plus custom thumb hook, post repairs. Evans
Done
6-27-12
The Martin Tenor,
Official Music Man Model: WWS horn
gets Premium Standard rebuild for customer with Saxgourmet Roo Pads. Tuncel
Done
7-3-12
Selmer Super
Balanced Action Tenor:
gets Premium Standard rebuild for customer with tan pads and domed metal
resos50%+. Maxwell
Done
7-13-12
The
Martin Tenor:
Customer
horn gets a Premium Rebuild with prestini pads and seamless flat resos, and
custom work. Leisenbach
Done
7-27-12
B&S Blue Label
alto: WWS horn
gets Vintage Standard rebuild (premium) for customer and custom pearls
installed. Incorvaia
Done
8/2--8/5/12
TIME OFF
8-6-12
Buescher "The
Aristocrat" alto: WWS
horn gets a Vintage Buescher rebuild with original snap-on pads and natural cork
throughout. Complete
8-10-12
Selmer Balanced
Action alto: Customer horn
gets Vintage Standard rebuild for customer with stack swedging and screw
replacements and minor fabrication. Suhling
Done
8-22-12
Silver Conn Chu Alto: WWS horn
gets Vintage Standard rebuild (premium) for customer, with neck octave key work
and swedging throughout. Hayes
Done
9/1--9/12/2012
School Prep
9-13-12
Conn 6M viii alto: WWS horn
gets Vintage Standard rebuild for customer with natural cork throughout
and case solving. O'Brien
Done
9-28-12
Gold Plate SML Rev
D Tenor: WWS horn
gets The Sarge Special rebuild (Premium) for customer, with gold plated domed
Resotech resonators on Black Saxgourmet Roo pads. Ester
Done
10-12-12
Silver Selmer
"
Model 26" Tenor: Customer
horn gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with neck repair and oversized flat
resonators with rivet. Verver
Done
10-31-12
Selmer Mark VI
alto: Customer
horn gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with Saxgourmet Roos with original resos.
Premium? Spring Replacement?. Johnson
Done
11/3--11/14/12
TIME OFF
11-16-12
Conn Virtuoso
Deluxe C-Melody 8M: Customer
horn gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with White Roos for consignment sale. Emmons-
Catalano Done
11-23-12
The Martin Alto: Customer
horn gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild Natural cork throughout. Machin
Done
12-6-12
Conn 10M Tenor: WWS horn
gets Vintage Standard rebuild for customer with natural cork throughout. Ruud
Done
12-17-12
Conn Artist Soprano
in gold plate: Customer
horn gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild Natural cork throughout and Saxgourmet Roo
pads. Woodmancy Done
12/21--1/2/13
TIME OFF
Christmas
Break
The Work Schedule2013:
1-7-13
Conn 10M, silver
1945 Tenor: WWS horn
gets Vintage Standard rebuild for customer with natural cork throughout. Smith
Done
1-10-13
Buescher 400 alto: WWS horn
gets Vintage Buescher Rebuild with snap in pads and natural cork throughout. Done
1-18-13
SML Rev D Alto: Customer
horn gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with oversized flat resos, Natural cork throughout and
acid bath. Pearson Done
1-29-13
The Martin
Baritone: WWS horn
gets Premium Rebuild for customer with vintage standard resos and tan
pads. Bogle/Ryba Done
2-21-13
King Zephyr Tenor
#308k: WWS horn
gets Vintage Rebuild with seamless flat resos and Black Roo Pads! WWS
Done
3-1-13
Buescher 400 TH&C alto: WWS horn
#306k
gets Vintage Buescher Rebuild with snap in pads and natural cork throughout. WWS
Done
3-13-13
1960s Selmer Mark
VI alto: Customer horn
gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with tan Prestini pads and plastic
resonators. Adams Done
3-25-13
1952 Selmer Super
Balanced Action Baritone Low A: Customer horn
gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with tan Prestini pads and metal
resonators. Hanan Done
4/1--4/7/13
TIME OFF
4-29-13
Buescher 400 TH&C alto: WWS horn
#306,44x
gets Vintage Buescher Rebuild with snap in pads and natural cork
throughout for customer. Lindberg
Done
5-2-13
King Silversonic
Tenor: Customer horn
gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with tan Prestini pads and metal
resonators. Gifford Done
5-16-13
Martin Imperial
Baritone: Customer horn
gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with tan Prestini pads and metal
resonators; and new blue steel springs. Johnson
Done
6-1-13
The Martin Alto: WWS
horn #163k gets Vintage Standard Rebuild with tan pads, flat resonators
and natural cork throughout. Done
6-18-13
Conn New Wonder
Alto: Customer horn
gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with tan Prestini pads and flat metal
resonators. Fisher Done
7-1-13
Silver Conn 6M VIII
alto: WWS horn
#314k gets new GOLD plate in bell and a Vintage Standard Rebuild with tan pads, flat resonators and
natural cork throughout for customer. Balk
Done
7-11-13
Selmer Balanced Action alto: Customer horn
gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with tan Prestini pads and plastic domed
resonators. Backman
Done
8-7-13
The Martin Tenor,
Official Musicman Model:
WWS horn
#214k gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with Black Roo pads, seamless flat resonators
+50%, and
natural cork throughout for customer. McKeirnan Done
WWS horn
#117k gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with flat resonators
+50%, and
natural cork throughout for customer. Lindberg
Done
10-3-13
Buescher Tipped
Bell Bb Soprano: WWS horn
#204k gets a Buescher Standard Rebuild with snap in pads, and
natural cork throughout for customer. Zax
Done
10-15-13
Conn Gold C-Melody:
WWS horn gets a
prepared for customer. Lindberg
Done
10-29-13
The Martin Alto: WWS
horn #163k gets Vintage Standard Rebuild with tan pads, flat resonators
and natural cork throughout. Done
11-1-13
Selmer Mark VII
alto: Customer horn
gets a Vintage Standard Rebuild with plastic resos and natural cork throughout. Rachmiel
Done
11-21-13
Selmer Mark VI
Tenor 205k: Customer horn
gets a Vintage Rebuild on Saxgourmet Roo Pads with seamless domed metal
resos at 60%+ and natural cork throughout, also some neck repair. Coile
Done
12-10-13
Conn Curved
Soprano: WWS
horn #57k gets Vintage Standard Rebuild tan pads, flat resonators
and natural cork throughout for
customer. Eberhard Done
12/22/13--1/1/13
TIME
OFF - Xmas Break
Schedule2014:
1-16-14
Buescher TrueTone
Baritone:
customer
horn #224k gets Vintage Buescher Rebuild with snap-in pads, natural cork
throughout, acid bath and clean up work. Cantrael
Done
2-4-14
Buescher Tenor: Customer
horn #13k gets TLC and Buescher Standard Setups for
customer. Balk Done
2-24-14
Buescher Big B
alto: Customer
horn gets a Buescher Standard Rebuild with Snap-in pads and natural cork
throughout for
customer. Strassmaier
Done
3-1-14
Buescher "The
Aristocrat" series 1 Tenor: WWS
horn #278k gets Vintage Buescher Rebuild with snap-in pads, natural cork
throughout for a customer. Gore
Done
3-10-14
1952 Selmer Super
Balanced Action Low-A Baritone: Consignment
horn gets a Custom Rebuild with tan pads, resotech resos, natural cork
throughout with some premium upgrades for
customer. Vitale Done
3-24-14
Conn Chu Berry Alto: Customer
horn gets a WWS Vintage Standard Rebuild with Prestini Pads and natural cork
throughout. Miranda Done
On-going
'14 side projects:
King
Saxello
WWS
horn #76k gets Vintage Rebuild with black roo pads, and some Premium
upgrades.
Done
4-14-14
Selmer Mark VI
Tenor: Customer
horn #183K gets a WWS Vintage Standard Rebuild with Prestini Pads and natural cork
throughout, spring replacements. Vogelgesang
Done
5-9-14
1980s Vito Low-A Baritone: Customer
horn gets a WWS Rebuild with tan pads, large metal resos, natural cork
throughout. ASD
Done
5-29-14
"The
Martin Tenor": WWS
horn #158k gets Vintage Standard Rebuild, body metal cleaning, Tan pads and
flat resos with natural cork
throughout for a customer. McDonaldDone
6-5-14-Side
schedule:
Julius Keilwerth
Tone King Tenor: previous
WWS sax returns for cosmetic work and tune-ups. Silver spot plating and Goldwash
bell. Balk DONE
6-10-14:
"The
Martin Tenor": WWS
horn #187k gets Vintage Rebuild with black roo pads, custom resotech
resonators, natural cork
throughout and some premium upgrades for a customer. Axton
In Progress
6-25-14:
Selmer New
Largebore, gold plated Tenor: WWS/customer
horn #13k gets Vintage Rebuild with original metal resonators, natural cork
throughout and some premium upgrades for a customer. Maxwell
Done
7-2-14
Buescher Big B
alto:
WWS
horn #328,1xx gets Vintage Buescher Rebuild with snap-in pads, natural cork
throughout for a customer. Bertrand
Done
7-12-14
Selmer Mark VI Alto:
WWS
horn #101K gets Vintage Selmer Rebuild with original plastic resos, custom
Premium upgrades, natural & tech cork
throughout for a customer. Lindberg
Done
7-22-14
Selmer Super Action
80 series II alto: 2004
customer
horn gets Premium Rebuild with Saxgourmet Roo pads, tech cork, ultra
suede etc... and silver Resotech resonators for a customer. Simonishvili
Done
AUGUST-2014
SHOP
CLOSED:
On-going
'14 side projects:
Conn
Chu Tenor-Super Gigger Custom
WWS
horn #211k gets Custom Rebuild with custom RED roo pads, maxed out Silver
resotech resonators, Premium upgrades, keywork fabrication...etc
4-19-15
King Zephyr Special
Alto: WWS
horn gets Rebuild with upgrades for a customer. Keen
Done
5-9-15
Buescher Big B
Alto: Customer
horn Dize Done
6-1-15
Buescher Big B
Alto: Customer
horn Nordmann
Done
6-13-15
H. Genet Tenor: WWS
Horn for Customer Meyers
Done
6-19-15
Martin Committee 1
alto: Customer
horn #116K gets Standard Vintage Rebuild with 50% resos, natural cork
throughout for a customer. Hodgson
Done
7-20-15
Selmer Mark VI
alto: Customer
horn #147K gets Standard Vintage Rebuild with reused resos, natural cork
throughout for a customer. Harned
Done
7-29-15
Conn Chu Berry
Tenor: Customer
horn #236K gets Standard Vintage Rebuild with 50% resos, natural cork
throughout for a customer. Parashes
Done
8-22-15
Silver Restoration
- Aristo 1 Tenor:
Havenfield
In Progress
8-15-15
King Super 20 Alto:
WWS
horn #427K gets Standard Vintage Rebuild with 50% resos, natural cork
throughout for a customer. Rarden
Complete
9-5-15
Conn Chu-tranny
Tenor #166k: WWS
horn #166K gets Standard Vintage Rebuild with 50%+ resos, natural cork
throughout for a customer--no silver polishing. Donnelly
Complete
SEPTEMBER-15
BACK-TO-SCHOOL
Local
Repairs
10-15-15
SML Rev. D tenor: WWS
horn #9K gets Custom Rebuild with gold resotech resos, premium upgrades for a
customer. Uchiya Complete
10-29-15
1919 Buescher
Curved Soprano: WWS
horn #61K gets a Vintage Rebuild with seamless,. metal resos, and natural cork for a
customer. McInnis
Complete
11-15-15
1956 Selmer Mark VI
Tenor: WWS
horn #65K Vintage Rebuild with flat metal resos, and natural cork for a
customer. Nik
Complete
12-5-15
Special Orders:
Christmas prep...
12-12-15
Buescher Big B
alto:
Customer
horn gets a Vintage Buescher Rebuild with natural cork throughout--Jan 2 pickup.
Reynolds
Complete
HOLIDAY
BREAK
Dec.
22, 2014 - Jan. 2, 2015
(Photos
of each sax are BEFORE photos 95% of the time since they have to wait for your
ordered Rebuild)
(SELMER
SOPRANINO in Eb Listed under "Selmer" section.)
yep,
the ultra rate Tipped Bell, in original silver plate. Ser#204k has the pearl G#. It does have a little bend in the bell lip that i will round
back out AND gold plate the interior. There is no major damage to mention, only
one small ding that I will smooth out too. There is normal wear and tear on the
arm tips and edges, and 2-3 zones up the tube that are showing the brass. Also in the original case! Super cool!
The
bell lip look bent from the case (drop...sad), but I'll smooth that out more and
goldplate a wash
in there.
SUPERB
Buffet
soprano (rare), in silver!(RARE), keyed to high F; also with SOLDERED ON TONEHOLES! (like a King or Martin)
Once you geek-out on sax specifics, some players prefer and require soldered
toneholes for the sound they seek.
Original case in good shape. Pads, the owner says, were invested in not long
ago. There was a high level of PC work done prior to the sax arriving, consider
the pads 'playing great on older pads' . It's worth mentioning that the lyre holder is removed (post solder
evidence on the backside--good thing you don't want that anyway!) Notice
the modern keywork!: Articulated G#+B, palm key design (not In-line)!
I must say that the uniqueness of this sax is the huge factor to this one. I was
testing several mouthpieces (along with client--Doctorate in Sax) to see if this
was perhaps a sax that he was searching for. Short Conclusion: After many
mouthpieces, we conclude that the original mouthpiece (not present) must be
crucial for the best optimum intonation. Overall it's a playable sax, where the
biggest intonation issue was over the break (C2 to D2). The sax will need a
vintage mouthpiece for best performance.
I have only seen one other similar sax for sale; it wasn't silver, nor was it
labeled with the main parent company names as a flag-bearer.
A
cool piece of history, competing prior to the Selmer Mark VI, rarer than the VI,
all for:
1927 Gold Plated Conn Bb "Chu" New Wonder II Soprano:
A
nice condition Chu keyed to high F with serial #
196K and the traditional nailfile G#. Gold Plate looks
good at 90%
intact! These are good players and are a
bit rarer in gold plate; Conn changed the length of the soprano during the Chu
span and this one is 25.5" tall. The sax shows some wear with minor
scratches and small dings, bell lip shows repairs as if it was bent
before--looks pretty good overall; I did preliminary smoothing. These are great vintage sopranos and
this one is a beauty too. They are top of the line, well respected, unique tone
that will woe the crowd and solid investments that you get to play and enjoy
over time! i
will do a complete rebuild with our "Vintage Standard" set up, Prestini NS
tan lambskin pads and flat metal reso's. It has
a brand NEW Protec case too!
$$$
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compare this to other offers and you'll see this is the best package.
We love
connecting to our customers. Here's the new guide to get the ball rolling.
KEILWERTH:
1965 JK The New King soprano:
serial
# 54xxx <--- !!!! , original nickel in excellent
condition, WWS premium rebuild
($1049) 2005 by the Sarge ($priceless)with black roo pads($70), and teflon and ultrasuede throughout. :)
It has the inline palm keys too like the earlier design. It's not a Couf in
design, but they are linked by lineage--Grover Washington Jr. sound.
It Comes with original case in
good shape AND a "Bari" brand
mouthpiece($+70).
You're
talking $1200 at cost already into the sax!
I
also have a vintage King stubby mpc with a Bob Carpenter reface nearby too. (not
included for free)
1924 Silver
King Saxello Bb soprano:
Saxello's are always
sought after and this one is a VERY late serial
number: 76,2xx. This one arrived in ORIGINAL white
pads (in gross shape as usual); I always think this is cool! Tech talk reason:
because no one has messed with the key cups or the instrument too much! The
silver plate is original at 96% with only the normal wear on touch point edges.
It comes in non-original hard case that is well made and makes me question IF it
may be original. At any rate, the good news is that it is a case built
specifically for a Saxello. It will have at
least three solder repairs from me. It will need 2 areas for dent removal, post
ding inward and a bump to the "Y" slide-in bracket. I will burnish
those out. It
will get a CUSTOM Rebuild with Black Kangaroo Leather Saxgourmet pads
& flat metal resos and natural
cork throughout AND some added premium upgrades because I know how moody
King mechanisms can be, AND I am planning to replate the goldwash
bell but I don't think it needs it--it's so pretty!
I
also have a vintage King stubby mpc with a Bob Carpenter reface too nearby. ;)
MARTIN:
1924
MARTIN C-Soprano, Silver:
SCOUTED
FOR CUSTOMER -- SOLD
Serial
#42k, Straight C soprano in beautiful silver plate. Original case.
Martin
sopranos are some of Sarge and my favorites! They are well-built in strong
metal. Intonation is easy to enjoy and I'll test a few mouthpieces when
possible.
$$$
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Item
#: WWS9.5ES9.1131.6-98
1926
MARTIN Handcraft Bb-Soprano, Gold
plate:
Serial
#75k, Straight Bb soprano in rare gold
plate (worn), lots
of silver showing. I might restore the gold. I will review this on arrival and
consider the restoration plans. Original case.
Martin
sopranos are some of Sarge's and my favorites! They are well-built in strong
metal. Intonation is easy to enjoy and I'll test a few mouthpieces when
possible.
$$$
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Item
#: WWS8.2E4.95.1121.6-0C
1935
MARTIN Handcraft Bb Soprano, curved:
Considering
the serial number, this is a very very late Handcraft Soprano! One of my
favorite sopranos is Martin. These curved ones are super rare! It is keyed
to high Eb. The finish may be tricky to say--let's call it a Relacquer with 90%
intact. Lacquer was first being used on saxes in this 1934+era. Consider
that into the history of the sax. I can not say for certain that this sax was
silver or bare brass originally. Perhaps during the rebuild I will be able to
see a mark to tell me more history of the sax. It currently does play all the
way down to Bb and it has a wamr, curved soprano sound. (See Conn Sound Files).
ser #113K dates it to 1935, relacquer finish with mild pitting. NO MAJOR DAMAGE
to mention, I don't see anything worth mentioning on that topic. The ring
soldered to the thumbrest appears to be an addition after factory build. The
body is very clean of dents or past damage. The original case shows wear from
80yrs of age, but some odor spray will help it and I'll take care of that for
you.
$SOLD
Item
#: WWST6.2W5.11101.5-C00-001
SELMER:
1980 Selmer Mark VI Soprano
(On
Consignment--old pads, rebuild recommended)
It currently does play all the way down. ser #323K, original lacq. with high F#.
(Special
Offsite Consignment--original pads, plays well) These
may be the 'cutest' things in the sax world. Ser# N297xxx, This makes it
into the Super Action 80 era. This sax was professionally (adult) owned. It is
currently Offsite (in Idaho, USA). Here are a few helpful details from the
owner: Some
info: The pads are all original, and basically look new, except the low D#
pad that is slightly dark ring. I can have that changed out. It
has been adjusted and plays great. The mouth piece is a Selmer C* and
has a couple new Vandoren *3 reeds.Since brand new sopraninos are
+$10,000, please consider the loving home this one lived in, and it will be
priced very fairly at:
$$$
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Item
#: WWSconsignmentArmstrong
S.M.L.(Strasser Marigaux
Lemaire):
1977
SML/
King Marigaux Bb Straight Soprano:
- Made by SML, in Paris
Serial #25786. Gold lacquer - I removed one small dent in the upper 1/3rd,
otherwise no dents at all, but lacquer is worn in many places. A close look at this shows it has just had 95% of it's
pads replaced... the only thing wrong was only
two notes played on it, c and c#... i guess, a
novice rebuilder? I had to start all over from scratch, because the
amateur's job was sooo bad.
I just completely rebuilt it, all new prestini pads and flat metal reso's.
I almost
forgot, there's also some premium extras (G# and Octave pips/linkage...) added
at no charge. just got a very nice hard case for this too.
(On
Consignment--rebuild recommended) This
is not my usual listing but it is technically "Vintage". ;) This
is the vintage Yamaha pro line with Purple Label before the "62",
perhaps equivalent to the "475" by current standards.
