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This unique horn was made in 1929 during the time period that the “New Largebore” Selmer was being made, but sat unfinished and unsold at the factory until the late 1930s, when it was finished, given a contemporary engraving pattern of the Balanced Action,

I actually did very little to this horn- just a few adjustments here and there to improve its playability on its original pads.

This is a Selmer Balanced Action tenor saxophone from 1939.

This is a Selmer Radio Improved model alto saxophone in burnished gold plate with the American style engraving.

This horn was for sale here on my website, and was bought and overhauled to the new owners specifications (flat metal resonators, which I like on Kings) and it is now heading to its new home.

This is a video I made, but in case you can’t watch it, I have provided the script below.

This article is designed to give you some background on how installing saxophone pads can work.

Note: This article was originally published with photos of each part on a Selmer Balanced Action tenor.

As I am fond of saying, there are almost as many ways to do this job right as there are to do it wrong.

First things first: DO NOT LEARN TO REPAIR ON A GREAT SAXOPHONE.

In August 2015, I took a flyer and put up a crowdfunding campaign to buy me some time off regular (paying) work to spend some time working on the content that I am making for this website- videos, articles, etc.

Tools: Level 2 Basic overhaul of your own saxophone (minor mechanical work) These are the tools (in addition to all of the tools and supplies from Level One) that you can expect to use if you are going to perform a disassembly, cleaning, and full repad/ba…

Your work area is the literal foundation for your saxophone repair, and as such it needs to be stable, level, sturdy, and clean.

Tools: Level One # Learning to Do It Yourself Regular Maintenance and Minor Repairs On Your Own Saxophone Before using the information presented here, please read this.

SOLD This is a 1950 King Super 20 alto saxophone in original lacquer with its original case, currently undergoing a full mechanical rebuild by me.

Well here is a horn you don’t see every day.

This is a drop-dead gorgeous example of a Selmer Super Sax made in 1931, wearing its original gold plate.

This is a 1968 Selmer Mark VI, which arrived to me extremely worn out and so covered in green corrosion it felt soft to the touch.

I think my camera is dying.

(Edit, December 2015.

This is a 1952 Selmer Super (Balanced) Action tenor saxophone in somewhat funny-looking original lacquer, in excellent physical condition; an original un-engraved “Euro horn”.

This is a Yamaha YTS-32, which is basically a Yamaha YTS-52 for the European market.

This is a 1926 Conn New Wonder Series II soprano saxophone in the extremely rare finish option known as “Virtuoso Deluxe”.

This is an original lacquer King Zephyr Special tenor from 1938.

This is the earliest King Zephyr Special saxophone that I have seen or heard of, and it predates the known serial number lists for the model number by about 7,000 serials.

I had this site set up so that it was not showing up in search engines.

You just can’t beat a 1920s-1930s Conn for hugeness of tone.

This horn is identical to the never-sold SML “Lucerne” stencil I did a while back, and is basically a SML Gold Medal without all the bells and whistles like locking neck ring, rolled toneholes, adjustment screws, and adjustable bumper felts on the keyguar…

I recently had the opportunity to overhaul two Conn saxophones built during World War II.

This was an early Buffet Super Dynaction tenor saxophone that was in extremely good physical condition.

I am very lucky to work on quite a few extremely clean and good condition horns, including perhaps a dozen or so a year that are still wearing their original pads.

So this horn ended up being quite challenging and quite rewarding.

Short version: We’ve moved!

This is going to be a big job!

This was one of those jobs where everything went my way.

This is a short article from the summer 1950 edition of “The Clarinet”, featuring the actual Otto Link talking about his refacing process.

Black Friday madness here at Stohrer Music Stohrer Music News, December 2014 Thanks for stopping by!

How to pronounce the name of the Buescher Band Instrument Company (named after the founder, Gus Buescher) is something that comes up frequently among folks such as myself- saxophone geeks who also like to get things right- and while the story is a little…

Olaf Diegal, a professor of product development at the Lund Universty, has created a partially playable saxophone through additive manufacturing- also known as 3-D printing.

One of the less common things to see around is a nice mouthpiece facing, freely given.

SOLD This is an exceptionally fine original condition Martin Committee III aka “The Martin” tenor saxophone made in 1946, which currently wears its original pads and is in line for a full overhaul with flat metal resonators.

SOLD This is a freshly overhauled Conn 6M transitional alto saxophone from 1934 with the “New York” neck.

Conn 8M C-Melody with “Naked Lady” engraving, overhauled by me.

I am lucky enough to live down the street from Brian from GetASax.com, and every once in a while we find that between the two of us we are in temporary possession of an unusually full grouping of a particular type of saxophone.

SOLD

In late 2013, I found out that my landlord was going to be selling the house we were renting to a family member in early 2015.

Last night I was reading through my “new” Woodwind Quarterly magazines that I bought just a few days ago in a nearly complete collection from another repairman.

Yesterday evening, I found out that the Powell Silver Eagle project had been “suspended”.

Note: I rarely have saxophones for sale these days as I am kept busy (and usually running behind) on regular customer repairs- so if you have come here and don’t see any up for sale, it just means I don’t currently have any for sale.

A large part of the mechanical rebuild service I provide is invisible to the end user.