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Vito Alto Saxophone Model 7131 Japan Stamped Serial Numbers. These serial numbers ignore the leading zeros at the start of the serial numbers. 1970 1-500 1971 501-2155 1972 2156-3529 1973 3530-4421 1974 4422-12000 1975 12001-25603 1976 25604-30827 1977 30828-33947 1978 33948-38844 1979 38845-42434 1980 42435-47975 1981 47976-52455 1982 52456 ...
Under Greenleaf's saxophone specialists Allen Loomis and Hugh Loney, C. G. Conn's research and development resulted in the designs of the 6M alto (1931), 10M tenor (1934), and 12M baritone (1930). The 12M baritone was the first saxophone with both bell keys on the right side, followed by the King Voll-True II (1932) and Selmer Balanced Action ...
Lovano started on alto saxophone at age six and switched to tenor saxophone five years later. John Coltrane , Dizzy Gillespie , and Sonny Stitt were among his earlier influences. After graduating from Euclid High School in 1971, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] he went to Berklee College of Music , where he studied under Herb Pomeroy and Gary Burton . [ 1 ]
He can be seen playing a Yamaha saxophone at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1981. According to an April 1988 interview in the jazz magazine DownBeat , he had a preference for Selmer Mark VI alto saxophones in the 140,000-150,000 serial number range, all produced in 1967.
Jazz saxophonists are musicians who play various types of saxophones (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone etc.) in jazz and its associated subgenres. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over the 20th century, influenced by both movements of musicians that became the subgenres and by particularly influential sax players who helped reshape ...
Serial numbers correlate to shipping dates of US models only. 1978 to 1995. Imports designated by EX, EXP, or BXP are not serialized by year.
Some horns built from extra parts or reconfigured bear an X on the serial number on the second valve casing, others had a digit added to the original serial number. In some cases, the same serial number exists on another horn. [8] After WWII, Bach was similarly creative in the first years with manpower and material shortages.
During the 1920s Buescher also made small numbers of tipped-bell soprano, straight alto, and straight tenor saxophones. Buescher stayed true to Adolphe Sax's concept for saxophone sound into the early 1930s, gaining the favor of classical saxophonist Sigurd Rascher and those influenced by him. Buescher adapted its sound concept to the bigger ...