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Dolnet saxophone belair
Dolnet saxophone belair












The only complaint is the strap hook like the Conn 10m is too high and the mouthpiece will impale you in the chops if you are not careful. I have owned Selmers, Yanigasawa, Bueschers, King Zephyr and Super 20 and the Dolnet blows them all away. Plays and sounds better than any horn I ever owned. 5:39 PM Unknown said.įound a silver plated Dolnet Belair tenor completely overhauled with mint original finish. This comment has been removed by the author. Hello rgumpel, how do you know the production year of your alto? 1:55 AM Unknown said.

dolnet saxophone belair

I'm trying to figure out, to keep it or swap for a playable yamaha or something. I can only dream of playing well enough to be worthy of even Holding one. If not, I’d sell it or trade it in.I like this impressive set of photos of these beautiful horns.

dolnet saxophone belair

If you really like the horn and/or it has sentimental value, I’d spend the money to get it in perfect mechanical shape. If you need parts fabricated or you have splits or holes in the metal or if you have damaged toneholes, you could be hundreds to thousands above that $1500 mark.Īt absolute maximum, with the horn in perfect shape – and not high pitch – the horn will be worth around $1500. This means that you get the horn chemically stripped and relacquer or replate. Make the horn mechanically perfect and aesthetically perfect. Make sure the horn plays with consistent intonation on all notes. Make sure the springs are good or replace ‘em. Replace all pads (and resonators), corks, and felts. This can be between shop minimum (say $50 to $75) and thousands. Make sure that the corks, felts, and springs are in the right place. There are several levels of “restore”: That makes Dolnets a hard sell, unless there’s a guarantee that the horn isn’t high pitch.

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Without going into tremendous detail, high pitch horns will not play in tune with modern instruments and high pitch woodwinds cannot be made to play in tune. One of the biggest problems with Dolnet is that they produced horns using the high pitch intonation standard up until the M70 came out around 1970. I can also say that your horn was made around the mid-1950s.














Dolnet saxophone belair