Hello, all: Bill Buckner (Atlanta) here. I have a sarrusophone I bought at an antique shop (barn, really) in North Carolina a couple years ago and I am very ...
Thanks, Steve. I'll check these out. Sax repairmen have been suggested to me previously. It makes sense. I just haven't talked with any of them, yet....
Hi Bill, Should be a fun horn, once its cleaned up... The pads can be replaced by any good sax repairman, but he won't be able to adjust and regulate the...
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The bundle of CDs I ordered from the IDRS finally arrived, including Michel Jolivet's sarrusophone recital. Great job! The CD is available from the Banff...
Hi, I've just been notified that there is a Bb soprano sarrusophone for sale. Details (e.g., make) and pictures to be provided soon. " I believe the condition...
Just received notice of the periodic Vichy (France) instrument auction, set for 12/14/02. Among the many violins and guitars, there is one Gautrot-Marquet Bb...
There's another sarrusophone for sale, a Conn Eb contrabass at ebay. See http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=359&item=936432072. Best of...
Hi Sarrusophone folks! I've just joined this group after retrieving a Conn contrabass Sarrusophone from my very cold attic as a potentially preliminary step...
... The Conn contras were mainly made for the US military - they're often stamped with the quartermaster's emblem. Most sarrusophones I've seen are stamped...
Grant, The bell is engraved: Made by C G CONN Elkhart IND" Thanks Grant, you've helped. When re-inspecting the bell I DID find the serial number, slightly...
Henning The short answer to your question is that I and not really playing it yet. I would very much like to use a single reed mouthpiece since I am not a...
Hello everyone, this is my first post to this group. I'm still in search of my tenor sarrusophone or a contrabass, but I can still admire pitifully can't I?...
Would someone mind reposting the name of the restorer in the US who does sarrusophones? Thanks. Cheers, -Bill ... billBUCKNER www.sodaglaze.com Life is too...
Hi, my name is Katie and I'm a new memeber. I have absolutely no idea what a sarrusophone is but I saw the fingering chart on a band web site. What exactly is...
Sorry, forgot to mention, I'm from southern West Virginia, USA and I'm in high school. I plan on majoring in music when I get into college in another year. I'm...
Hi Katie, The sarrusophones form a family of instruments that have conical bodies (like saxophones) and double reeds. They were invented in the 1850s (a few ...
... Extremely good to know. I sort of figured out that this might well be the case after I saw the picture of the contrabasse a anche at their site. Could...
Hello everyone! I just joined this group in a (probably vain) quest to find an instrument. I'm a bassoonist in a community band that plays outdoor concerts...
In viewing the picture in this advertisement, I may have found the answer to my problem of finding a workable playing position for my EEb Conn. The picture...
I've used a leak light on a sax, but a contra sarrusophone presents some unique problems due to the multiple bends. I have been considering using a "rope...
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