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...
I use a bari sax strap, using only the lower ring, and hold the horn somewhat to the right (like a sax). I find it most comfortable to play standing up. Grant...
I too have this same problem. The Conn is extremely awkward to hold. The best solution I have yet found is to use one of those little stands that some...
Bret, Unlike a sax crook, which is either at about ninety degrees or less to the instrument, my Conn bocal angles down, which lead me to originally believe...
My bocal actually doesn't have that much of a downward slope in it, only a few degrees or so. My serial number is #147, which would appear to be a military...
Bret, My serial number is 105, preceded with a "V". and there is no indication of a Quartermaster's stamp on either the instrument or the case. The instrument...
It wouldn't be a surprise if there were (even standard) different bocal angles. Perhaps a concert and a marching variation. Would be neat if we could find if...
Hey group, I'm new here, I'm joining because I found an instrument in my basement and I don't know what it is) the closest I can guess is a soprano or a...
Hi Elizabeth, V Kohlert, in Czechoslovakia, made flutes, clarinets (including a giant one over 12 feet long in 1933), oboes, bassoons, and saxophones (imported...
... Yes, they both have conical bores, that expand from the reed socket out to the bell. Perhaps a quicker way to tell is to determine what key it plays in:...
Thank you both so much for your help with identifying my little basement find. I'm still not able to determine what it is for sure though. I thought you might...
I cannot find the photo gallery. Can someone point me to the location. Thanks. Cheers, -Bill ... billBUCKNER www.sodaglaze.com Life is too important to be...
Hi Bill, The photo gallery is one of the options in th main list on the left of the page - there should be a big arrow beside "Messages" right now, it's 4...
The photos are at: http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Sarrusophone/lst Wouldn't the finger-covered tone holes and the fact that it comes apart tend to...
Yep, that's an oboe. The pictures *are* a bit small to make out much detail, but you can see several things that are characteristic of the oboe (and not the...
I found pictures here http://www.saxpics.com/the_gallery/slideandodd/moenning_Saxoboe/ of something called a "saxoboe" made by Moenning. Perhaps this is the...
Dear Sarruso friends, Last week I discovered two sarrusophones in Paris. Mr. André Bissonet, 6 rue du pas de mule, 675003 Paris has a fine antique shop, ...
... Ack! Wish I had the bucks right now... The Gautrot Eb bari is exactly what I am looking for, although the price quoted is somewhat more than the auction...
Dear Grant how much did the ophicleide cost? I have one that someone is trying to sell me but I am told that it is too much! I am not sure who to ask here in...
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... is too ... [snip] ... than the ... rothphones ... found ... Mr. Bissonet had THREE ophicleides for sale! (two B flats and an E flat) I did not check brands...
Hi Group. my name is Kelly and just joined the group. I am a clarinet and sax player who wants to learn the sarrusophone! I was wondering where I might be...
Hello Grant - forgive me if you've already been asked this question, but how did you acquire your sarrusophones? Were they from antique dealers, an estate...
Hi, Nat: I have a Bb bass I am considering selling. Cheers, -Bill ... billBUCKNER www.sodaglaze.com Life is too important to be taken seriously. -Oscar Wilde...
... Shortly after I posted the first pages of what would later become contrabass.com, I was contacted by a musical instrument appraiser who had recently...
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