[RWP] Original Music

[Gordon Kent]

Well, deals like that come along once in a while.  An old girl friend of 
mine happened to mention that there was an old sax in her brother's atic or 
something and would I like to have it?  Of course I said yes, what did I 
have to lose?  She brought it to a gig and I could see right away that it 
would need an overhaul, the corks and pads were a dried up mess and it had 
this awful stock plastic mouthpiece.  I showed it to a sax playing friend of 
mine, it was the alto that I still use and this was like almost thirty years 
ago.  It is the conn Selmer of America horn, which they called the New 
Yorker.  I use a lakey mouthpiece star 5 on it and those fibracell reeds, 
like a 3, and it cuts like a knife if I want it to.  And I only stayed with 
the girl for about three months, she had a lot of baggage and was looking to 
get hooked up quick, definitely not my thing at the time.  Anyway, the horn 
is still around, better than the girl believe me.
Gord

-----Original Message----- 
From: Kevin Brown
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 12:44 PM
To: rwp at reaaccess.com
Subject: Re: [RWP] Original Music

I think the best sounding tenor I've ever heard was a "Conn Naked
Lady",...It was a special edition, as I understand it,...anyway,...I
heard a guy playing one in Abilene, Texas,...Man!,...What a awesome,
Fat, dark tone!,...When I asked the guy about it,...he said he bought
it for $150 at a garage sale...

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