the elephant wrote:
Would these be the musical equivalent to an instrument of torture? How were these stenciled woodwinds as players? I would like to collect a complete line of Ambassador instruments for my little teaching program, mainly because they will last forever, and because little children can sort of get sounds from them that are a step above "ordinary" farts…
The saxophones aren't particularly sought after, so at least you shouldn't need to spend much money there. For some reason the ones I've seen (pictures of) usually looked pretty dire, lacquer may not have been very durable.
I think if I were going to get a crate of cheap, matching used student woodwinds, I'd look for Vito.
I had the distinct pleasure of studying acoustics with him when I was at UofM. Holy cow. learned more than I thought I was capable of ingesting/learning and then (gasp) actually using. He was a true educator.
