Nice old early Brilhart “streamline” with original 3 band ligature. This piece could use a little clean up at the tip and would be a great player. The streamline is a nice smaller size profile to play on, and these ligatures have quite a following as well. The Streamline is probably the hardest Brilhart to find.
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RIA Baritone 6 original with Lig, very clean
RIA baritone 6 original. This is a very rare and well made piece with a dedicated following. crafted off of the Berg Larsen design approach these have a lot of power and precision. They are really very hard to find and were generally made to a very high standard. They made these out of a number of different metals including aluminum, but I believe this one is stainless steel. Good luck finding another.
Otto Link FL no USA 11* original
Mid-early FL Link 11* huge custom order facing in all original condition. This piece has been played, shows some normal wear but is in very good unaltered condition. It is beyond my scale for size. I have not played it, likely a very good player by the appearance. Continue reading
Otto Link FL USA 12* .140 Adjusted K.P.
Otto Link later FL (USA) model at an extremely rare custom order tip size of 12*. That’s a BIG PIECE, and the tip measurement is off my scale. It was gently adjusted by Kirill Poudavoff and replated, tip rail and baffle contour are original. Continue reading
Dukoff Hollywood B.D. round chamber 4
Very rare and unique round chambered (later model) Dukoff Hollywood for alto. This has had a bit of optimization done on it, but I don’t know the specifics. These are quite hard to fid if even possible these days.
Freddie Gregory Mark 1, 11 facing original Mint Condition
This is (obviously) a very rare, sought after and special hand made piece by Freddie Gregory. The size is, well, huge for soprano. It’s a beautiful piece of craftsmanship. Tip measure .097 !!
Selmer MK VI 86xxx Original US Lac. Fully restored, Powerful and Complex
A tenor like this is very uncommon to find. At 86xxx this is within the exact construction period of Brecker’s famous preferred horn at 863xx, as I was told. This is a beautifully surviving original example. The lacquer has aged to a dark bronze. The horn has had no damage or trama and barely any scuffs of significance. The worst issues are a few spots of finish wear or past lacquer corrosion that have been cleaned up, that’s it, nothing else of note. All the important areas, neck now brace, bell etc are untouched by impact or accident. This is a very clean horn.
It has been carefully restored to perfection with new treated pads and an assembled set of original Selmer Tone-X nickel plated brass resonators, all keys fitted and toneholes level etc. It plays and feels like a race car in the hands. The sound and response especially rare; an impressive slightly dark core with a wild-side type of growling aggressive edge all delivered in a particularly compact, compressed forceful airstream. This is basically the dream VI for most people who are looking for this serial period and it absolutely does not disappoint. It’s very difficult to find any tenors at 86xxx at this point and harder still to find a truly great player at full power.
Otto Link transitional EB/FL original 6
Here is a very interesting piece; clearly a late Florida mouthpiece but finished at Babbitt with the denim table milling (that FL Link did not use). So this was likely leftover FL stock that Babbitt bought and then finished in house. This would often be referred to as ‘early Babbitt” but the facing font is small, stamped in Florida, not the large font Babbitt used. oddly, the tip and baffle finish appear very much Florida style, sharp and fine with a rather extensive higher flat shelf baffle..
This piece is a master player; bright, crisp, very fast and compact. Really special player measuring at .0925 (approx.) for me.
Lelandais Super Jazz Original S5
Rare old Lelandais tenor piece S5 facing all original. This appears to be cut from the popular Chedevelle or generic European blank of the day, but with a unique large scooped out chamber for a fat Link-like sound. Tip measures .073 for me.