I thought I’d list my some of my instruments that I actually play at least once a year.
Saxes:
- Eppelsheim soprillo
- Yanagisawa Elimona sopranino
- Eppelsheim C soprano
- Yanagisawa sops (sc992, s902, s901)
- Selmer Ref 54 alto
- Selmer Ref 35 tenor
- Yanagisawa 991 bari
- Eppelsheim Bass (keyed to low A)
Clarinets:
- Selmer Paris silver Bb sop
- Buffet Festival R13 Bb
- Leblanc Alto Esprit
- Selmer Privilege to low C bass
Flute: Gemeinhardt 3sbh with custom McKenna head
…Hey hi there, I came her through Jeannettes Wanderlust blog and thought I’d take a look around your site. I’ve never got involved with blogs before, mine or anyone elses and with Jeannettes (she prefers Giannetta usually, it’s an Italian thang!) help a kind of exploration has begun; for her too I think. She’s a kind of Eat, Pray, Love girl.
Music holds a fascination for me, maybe I’m a frustrated one, like many others.
As much as the sound those ‘axes’ you play are beautiful (tho’ I wouldn’t know the difference between them!), they are also works of art in themselves. Excuse my ignorance, but are they all ‘handmade’?
I’d be interested to know just exactly what each of those ‘axes’ you play sounds like, is that on here or you know where I can find that?
Ok enuf for now, have a good day
Les Grice
England
Handmade, that is hard to determine. I know for sure the custom bass sax and soprillo are handmade by Benedikt Eppelsheim who has sound sample for all of his instruments at http://www.eppelsheim.com/. The core instruments (alto, tenor, and bari) used in most big band and concert bands can easily be heard on YouTube. As a matter of fact, all my instruments can be heard at my YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/Gandalfe?feature=mhum.
Thank you for that, much appreciated.
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