Brass Rescue

This was advertised from a pawn shop deep in the heart of San Diego and I spent two weeks debating if I wanted to make the drive down. ...

I was tagging some cases for easy reference in the future when I opened this case. I really don't remember where this came from but it...

Bought this in a pawn shop out in San Bernardino. Was well maintained mechanically and has that beautiful deep Martin tone. Looks to be...

This saxophone was literally 4 miles away from the other in Azusa but unfortunately on 2 separate days. Nothing like traversing So Cal...

Two beautiful days brought several classic Altos out. First a very rare Olds Super Alto. There are not alot examples of these around.

Bought this locally and it was a bit of a mess but once I got it out and started to cleaning it up realized that it is a rare gem. Came...

Early Split bell 10M. This has the 10M key work but still has the nail file G# key. These were only made for a few years and are very...

I love tubas but kind of shy away from them as they are so large and take a lot of space to store and fairly expensive to ship but I...

This was still being played in high school band and it' 98 years old. Well maintained and plays great.

The 27 came with an Arnold Brilhart Personaline white mouthpiece. These were well taken care of and have been professionally...

This has a wonderful melodic tone.

Had to leave the wildfires at home to pick this up in Vista... this looks to be their Winneden model. It is stamped K & C and Made in...

This one has been well loved including a re-lacquer that was expertly done. Plays beautifully through. Came with original hard rubber...

IMHO when it comes to vintage altos these stand at the top of the heap. Big lush bottom end. This one will clean right up.

I own one of these already and have been very hard pressed to let that one go but with this one coming in I may be swayed. These were...

Very rare Tenor... Amazing bottom end clear tone and super free blowing.

This thing roars and was well maintained mechanically and has the round tone holes. Lots of lacquer loss but plenty of that magical 10m...

Very cool little sax. Will need a few things straightened out but nothing major.

Amazing shape and the tone and ease of playing is exceptional.

This is in amazing shape and plays with a very sweet tone. It came with the original case and mouthpiece.

In great shape and came with a few rare mouthpieces.

This is actually in very good shape given it's age. Came with a number of vintage mouthpieces including a Conn Chief and a Helleberg.

This thing is a beast and beautifully executed. They are called typewriters as all the keys have pearl buttons on them even the palm...

Had to drive out to Highland which is at the base of the San Gabriel's. This came from a musician that played for the Buddy Guy Band. ...