Man i would love to get my hands on that. I used to work for a music shop thats been around over 60 years. I wonder if the old man ever heard of a F bari
I have one of these and played it on 28 Jul 79 at the 6th World Saxophone Congress with a quartet of F and C saxophones. Saxophone Symposium reported this performance in the Summer '79 issue.
Very interesting saxophone indeed! To me it sounds like a mix between a tenor and a baritone much like how a c melody sounds like a alto and tenor put together
I've heard an opinion that this is a very high-pitch Bari in Eb (a lot of French instruments were practically a half-step sharp), but the modern mouthpiece on the vintage instrument causes the pitch to become even higher. And honestly, I'm pretty sold on that. I wonder what it'd sound like with the period mouthpiece, though
This is an interesting video with a unique sax, but at 3:03 is that a tote bag made to look like a Vandoren box of reeds? That might be the coolest tote bag ever.
Fascinating baritone and interesting theories. Based on the design, range and construction, perhaps the serial number is screwy and the instrument actually is from the late 1800s. Or they assembled an ancient horn that had been made but not put together. Also, no testing of the pitch is valid unless one uses a mouthpiece with a chamber size designed for the instrument. A modern, smaller chamber size fundamentally skewers all the acoustics and one compensates by placement of mouthpiece, extreme voicing and other finagling. And so many leaks will also distort pitch all over. There are plenty of baritone mouthpieces available, some modern, some vintage, that will have a chamber size that will allow for a valid test. One does have to get used to the way of "blowing" a large chambered mouthpiece; it is different.
It reminds me of old school F tubas that are so narrow and small in the bell that they sound more like a modern Bb baritone than a modern F or Eb tuba.
Great fun! I have a conn high pitch baritone that I tinker with every Christmas holidays - it’s not really justifiable to spend the money on getting it fixed properly but it almost/mostly plays in terms of the keys working, pads closing etc - the main issue is the modern mouthpiece being totally wrong for it
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Man i would love to get my hands on that. I used to work for a music shop thats been around over 60 years. I wonder if the old man ever heard of a F bari
I have one of these and played it on 28 Jul 79 at the 6th World Saxophone Congress with a quartet of F and C saxophones. Saxophone Symposium reported this performance in the Summer '79 issue.
what do you know about it?
@@RatPfink66 Buffet claims that production records were destroyed in WWII conflicts and was therefore unable to establish provenance.
Very interesting saxophone indeed! To me it sounds like a mix between a tenor and a baritone much like how a c melody sounds like a alto and tenor put together
I've heard an opinion that this is a very high-pitch Bari in Eb (a lot of French instruments were practically a half-step sharp), but the modern mouthpiece on the vintage instrument causes the pitch to become even higher. And honestly, I'm pretty sold on that. I wonder what it'd sound like with the period mouthpiece, though
If it's a baritone... And it plays... In F... Call it whatever you like?
@@AndrewHadro Fair enough. At the of the day, it still sounds good
This is an interesting video with a unique sax, but at 3:03 is that a tote bag made to look like a Vandoren box of reeds? That might be the coolest tote bag ever.
Fascinating baritone and interesting theories. Based on the design, range and construction, perhaps the serial number is screwy and the instrument actually is from the late 1800s. Or they assembled an ancient horn that had been made but not put together. Also, no testing of the pitch is valid unless one uses a mouthpiece with a chamber size designed for the instrument. A modern, smaller chamber size fundamentally skewers all the acoustics and one compensates by placement of mouthpiece, extreme voicing and other finagling. And so many leaks will also distort pitch all over.
There are plenty of baritone mouthpieces available, some modern, some vintage, that will have a chamber size that will allow for a valid test. One does have to get used to the way of "blowing" a large chambered mouthpiece; it is different.
Why does it sound like a tenor?!? It sounds so good
It reminds me of old school F tubas that are so narrow and small in the bell that they sound more like a modern Bb baritone than a modern F or Eb tuba.
That is one cool horn.
Wow, that's exciting. Can't wait to hear you play it some more when it gets new pads.
Yeah Andrew! This is going to be so cool once you get it repadded! And you sound amazing on it the way it is!
Great sound bro. So cool.
Great fun! I have a conn high pitch baritone that I tinker with every Christmas holidays - it’s not really justifiable to spend the money on getting it fixed properly but it almost/mostly plays in terms of the keys working, pads closing etc - the main issue is the modern mouthpiece being totally wrong for it
sounds like tenor
A baritone that sounds like an alto. That's wild
More like a tenor. Honestly a really great sounding btw imo
Where did you get that?