[RWP] Original Music

[Indigo]

The girl friend was only the messenger of Fate, to get that great old 
horn into your hands
Poor thing, she did some good in life without knowing it.
Indi




On 6/23/2013 10:35 PM, Gordon Kent wrote:
> 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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