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Whoever fit these necks before, I imagine it was like [FREE BIRD GUITAR SOLO FADES IN]

No, Neo.

Drove far enough north it was hoodie weather!

Exceptionally rare original silver plated 1941 King Zephyr Special tenor saxophone, just overhauled by me with my own handmade pads.

All new pearl rollers for this Zephyr Special, whose original rollers were rotted/cracked/discolored from extreme rust on the rods.

I am convinced that the majority of useful knowledge is locked inside the heads of old people who just don’t want to deal with other people anymore.

I was given these recently, and educated opinion seems to be that these are “validated master samples” used to spot check production parts.

Thank you, Mister Sax!

Detail of a fully engraved 1927 Buescher True Tone alto in the Greenleaf Collection at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Couesnon Monopole II low A alto, original finish, just overhauled by me.

Note from Matt: Shortly after I posted the JJ Babbitt stuff, I got an email from Paul Coats (formerly of SaxRax, also Runyon, SOTW columnist, and generally a saxophone guy going way back) where he laid out an enormous volume of interesting information from

In the early 1920s, Conn made saxophone pads with a lead foil interior backing to the pad skin.

J.J.

SOLD Early SML alto with left hand bell keys, says “Le Strama” on the bell.

This is a gorgeous Conn New Wonder series II transitional alto saxophone in an extremely rare finish: burnished gold plate.

My personal alto is a King Zephyr Special, and these horns have a special place in my heart.

I have finally overhauled my websites and combined them, and now all of my content lives here in a much simpler format.

These sections require tiny bit of explanation.

The open source saxophone project ended up being mostly me doing it (although I had some fantastic help with the pivot screw stuff) and it seemed dumb and felt like extra work maintaining two different websites.

Well, when I was building a repair shop out of a 31 foot Airstream trailer, I have to admit I did not think of contrabass saxophones.

Originally written in 2014.

On the bench this week is an extremely rare original burnished gold plate Selmer Super Action tenor from 1953/54.

First things first: I continue to be extremely lucky and am booked for the foreseeable future.

Expand all Collapse all — expand all sections to search the whole page with Ctrl-F / ⌘-F About This Index Index of all saxophone repair material created by Matt Stohrer, 2007-present.

SOLD This saxophone (and another like it that I didn’t even have a chance to post to the site) sold in August of 2021.

Yanagisawa 990 with black lacquer and the sterling/gold plated neck.

On the bench. 1967 Selmer Mark VI tenor, original lacquer, fresh overhaul done by me.

March 5th, 2021- Just short of 6 weeks after my wrist surgery.

I have been encouraged to move my wrist if I can, and I am taking that to heart.

In mid-January 2021, I sustained a crushing injury to my left wrist and badly shattered it.

Spent a while trying to track down a rattling noise on this 1937 Conn 10M overhaul I just completed and finally figured out it was the window in front of me!

It is November 2020, and I am back to saxophone repair after a year-long sabbatical with a renewed passion.

Howdy!

This horn came to me after having lived as a wall decoration for several decades.

It has been a hell of a year.

The Open Source Saxophone Project was my other website dedicated to technical information about the saxophone and saxophone repair.

Charlie Ventura’s personal gold plated King Super 20 tenor was a fun project from this past year.

Repair Procedures- New Saxophone Setup (Note: When I briefly sold new saxophones, this was standard for every new saxophone I sold and was included in the price, but if you have a new saxophone you have bought elsewhere you can have me perform this service

SOLD/TRADED Here is a beautiful piece of American craftsmanship from 1926, a Conn New Wonder Series II alto saxophone in burnished gold plate with elaborate engraving.

# # A saxophone should be clear about its origin. # Note: this article rant is directed at new or inexperienced players who haven’t been around the saxophone scene very long.

I had a rough patch in my personal life last year (doing better now) and had not put a post here in a while.

Nothing for sale in this category at the moment!

This was a beast of an overhaul.

I strive in my job to be invisible.

Been working on it for a little while and finally had a horn (the Conn 6M pictured above) that had the perfect situation to allow me to record a baseline overhaul time on a horn that is in excellent condition to start with.

Absent much other information freely available on the web, here is A Possibly Wrong Primer on Musical Instrument Engraving # I say possibly wrong because it is written by myself (introduction) and my partner at the time Bianca (the more helpful bit with t…

This is an advanced repair that can be undertaken when a hinge tube in a saxophone (or other similar musical instrument) has been so worn or has so little expose hinge tube that normal swedging will not fix poor key fit.

This was a very clean Buffet SDA tenor that sported what some folks call “sparkle lacquer”, although for me the jury is still out on whether that is a real thing or not.

Fairly standard overhaul done on this beauty.

Solid sterling silver Selmer Series III alto, full mechanical overhaul.