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magnus ver magnussen
User ID: 7503923 Jun 29th 8:45 PM
Figure someone might as well ask....

mine's a 1919 silver Buescher TT...got a refaced 40's Link on it, .105. great intonation. My backup's a Runyon Custom, #10.
Before that, played a Yamaha 62, low A, before things like vintage horns and different mouthpieces could race through a mind.

DD
User ID: 1982994 Jun 29th 9:50 PM
1957 Conn 12M with a mint "old" Berg .80/1
too close for most players but a great doubler when playing S,A,T,B and Clar on miked small group gigs.

Gary Hartle
User ID: 1529574 Jun 29th 10:55 PM
#195xxx (1955) 'The Martin', with a 130/1 M Ebonite Berg Larsen and a #3 Rico. Blows a lot easier than it sounds, but this set-up is great for solo bari or section work. I recently bought and tweaked a Selmer USA low A bari for the bari player in our band. Before this, I had felt that the Martin keywork was a little difficult sometimes, especially the LH pinky (I'm a spoiled Mk VI brat). After playing that Selmer, though, I picked up the Martin just to compare feel, and I'll never complain about it again. The Martin felt like my favorite tenor compared to the Selmer (these Selmer USA baris are old Buescher 400 clones - nothing like a Paris sax, but they have a monster sound). The bari player likes the thing, though. He loves to grab that low A, stick the bell in the mic and rattle the sub-cabinets.

OnyxSax
User ID: 9683713 Jun 29th 10:56 PM
1927 Conn Chu with a Berg Larsen 105/1 hard rubber piece. A dirty dog horn. Originally silverplate, it was lacquered very early on. No matter, most of the lacquer is gone now. The horn had been fitted for a Barcus Berry transducer. Someone painted the keys with red nail polish and emblazoned the word "CHUBBY" on the body tube. I took some nail polish remover and got rid of the polish, but the lacquer is still branded with "CHUBBY".

This horn is one serious player. It absolutely roars. It's been lined up against Mark VIs, Yamaha 52s and 62s and its sound blows these horns away.

Son of Zorn
User ID: 0979534 Jun 29th 10:57 PM
Brand new yani B992 Bronze. I love this baby. She purrs, she screams. i have several mouthpieces, but none that truely bering me happiness right now :-(

Look for a bari mouthpiece sale coming your was soon.....

Son of Zorn
User ID: 0979534 Jun 29th 10:59 PM
OnyxSax, i LOVE the name! Chubby! Hahaha! That is character! I love the old Conns. I just could never find one in halfway decent shape to buy when i was shopping. Perhaps that says alot. Maybe GOOD Conn baritones are never sold!

R Small
User ID: 9209903 Jun 30th 2:24 AM
Mark VI. 208K and 88K. Both are good horns but I mostly use the 208K. I use a #9 rubber RIA (.130" tip) with a spoiler from a Runyon Custom. This set-up has good power and cut but is still warm and fat sounding.

JP
User ID: 2463104 Jun 30th 2:39 AM
First let me say that it is truly a great day, because the bari forum is here! Anyway. 1934 Conn 12M, lacquer. Ivory Runyon Custom 9. Rico Royal 2 1/2. Speaking of names - I'd like to name my horn, but I don't think I'd want to name it after the any of girls I know. Who would want to have something big, fat, awkward, with a deep, loud voice named after them? I don't think they'd be flattered.

Adam
User ID: 9572103 Jun 30th 3:33 AM
My main horn is a Selmer SBA (#53181) w/ low A. It was gold plated, but most of the finish is gone (probably 15-20% left). Amazing horn, probably the best Selmer I've played. I also have a Keilwerth SX-90 for backup. My mouthpiece is a Barone T/C 7*.

Dale C
User ID: 7601343 Jun 30th 9:50 AM
1949 Buescher Big B, with an ancient relacquer. VERY heavy - even more than my previous 1923 Conn. RPC mouthpiece with .120 tip.

MojoBari
User ID: 1195644 Jun 30th 10:02 AM
YBS-52 (1984). I spend much more time with MPs than horn shopping.

kdj
User ID: 9077913 Jun 30th 10:27 AM
MkVI low Bb. Berg hard rubber mpc. Huge, fat sound that records very well.

s w i n g e r i n i
User ID: 9885643 Jun 30th 11:02 AM

1930 12M (243k) . Lamberson 8DD(.120) or an 8*
Fla. Link

I won't say I've played a lot of Baritones in my
time , cuz I'd be lying ; I haven't , and I
really have no need to . This is the one ..

barron Jun 30th 11:47 AM
Big B Arisotcrat (late 40's?), and a Low A Borgani with a Runyon 10 metal.

Saxy
User ID: 2379774 Jul 1st 12:34 AM
YBS-52. Great sax as far as sound, but not very durable. I don't own it, otherwise I would have something else. Unfortunately, a lack of interest in bari solos by my band director is forcing me to pick up the recognized solo horn, the tenor. I feel like a sell out, but I love soling too much to be blatting out those low notes all the time. Sorry guys. ;-)

Bootman
User ID: 2700404 Jul 1st 7:34 AM
I missed the start of this, I was away gigging.

Conns x 2
Chu Berry 1928, smokes anything in its path, great jazz horn. The sound is huge.
12M 1957, another very, very good horn, it is my traveling horn. The sound is almost as big as the Chu but it loses some roundness and depth to the sound that the Chu has. I have been able to improve this by adding a Gloger Handcraft solid silver neck. No this is another very scary Baritone.

I would love to get hold of a Low A Magna, the only low A Baritone I would consider owning. I have had Yanigisawa's, Selmer's, played many Yamaha's and they don't compete with the Conn's in terms of all round playability. Bueschers are also awesome Baritones, the couple I have played have impressed me greatly.

Conn is considered the Baritone of Baritones.

S w i n g e r i n i
User ID: 9885643 Jul 1st 11:40 AM

Bootman - how's the the Gloger neck sound on the
*Chu* Bari . Major improvement .

Man , I really wanna try a Gloger on my 12M ,
but for some reason I'm skeptical ; dunno why..

Did he copy your neck's dimensions or is it a
different taper/bore ? Is it simply the fact
that the neck is solid silver ?

Bootman
User ID: 2700404 Jul 1st 5:01 PM
Swingerini,
The Gloger neck seems to be an exact copy of the Conn necks. If I put the Chu neck on the 12M, the 12M improves dramatically and sounds like the Chu. If I put the Gloger neck on the Chu it sounds very similar to the original neck but with a bit more presence in all areas, the sound is definately fatter. When I put the Gloger neck on the 12M I get this 150% improvement in tone, fatness, altissimo, intonation etc. It behaves like a different horn. The biggest difference is in the centredness of the tone in all registers.

The Gloger neck for Conn Baritone should be on your shopping list. The difference is dramatic. I bought the Baritone neck after buying a Martin comm 1 tenor with a bad neck. There was no choice but to buy a Gloger neck, no others where available. It improved the playability and tone of the comm 1 tenor so drastically that I had to order a Baritone one straight away.

I would check with Karsten on those differences in taper and bore design. A solid silver neck is expensive, but so is a Bari sax mpc. All I can do is urge you to test one out.

Lost Lamb
User ID: 0331974 Jul 2nd 7:45 AM
One bari, Kohlert. (You know, the old German Conn ;~)))
It came with a hr Brilhart Ebolin. One mouthpiece.
Had to come over here and say this for all yall who think we have no self-control ;~)
Yall have said it all about Conn.

MBushaw
User ID: 1167284 Jul 2nd 10:46 AM
YBS-52 with old Soloist C* cleaned up by JVWie. I was ready to dump the horn as I couldn't get the sound I wanted (I grew up playing MkVI baris) but the Soloist gets me real close. I have had to unlearn so many emboucher adjustments as this horn is so even. Down side is the plastic pearls; my fingers slip off too easily.

Next 20 Messages

magnus ver magnussen User ID: 7503923	Jun 29th 8:45 PM Figure someone might as well ask.... mine's a 1919 silver Buescher TT...got a refaced 40's Link on it, .105. great intonation. My backup's a Runyon Custom, #10. Before that, played a Yamaha 62, low A, before things like vintage horns and different mouthpieces could race through a mind.
DD User ID: 1982994	Jun 29th 9:50 PM 1957 Conn 12M with a mint "old" Berg .80/1 too close for most players but a great doubler when playing S,A,T,B and Clar on miked small group gigs.
Gary Hartle User ID: 1529574	Jun 29th 10:55 PM #195xxx (1955) 'The Martin', with a 130/1 M Ebonite Berg Larsen and a #3 Rico. Blows a lot easier than it sounds, but this set-up is great for solo bari or section work. I recently bought and tweaked a Selmer USA low A bari for the bari player in our band. Before this, I had felt that the Martin keywork was a little difficult sometimes, especially the LH pinky (I'm a spoiled Mk VI brat). After playing that Selmer, though, I picked up the Martin just to compare feel, and I'll never complain about it again. The Martin felt like my favorite tenor compared to the Selmer (these Selmer USA baris are old Buescher 400 clones - nothing like a Paris sax, but they have a monster sound). The bari player likes the thing, though. He loves to grab that low A, stick the bell in the mic and rattle the sub-cabinets.
OnyxSax User ID: 9683713	Jun 29th 10:56 PM 1927 Conn Chu with a Berg Larsen 105/1 hard rubber piece. A dirty dog horn. Originally silverplate, it was lacquered very early on. No matter, most of the lacquer is gone now. The horn had been fitted for a Barcus Berry transducer. Someone painted the keys with red nail polish and emblazoned the word "CHUBBY" on the body tube. I took some nail polish remover and got rid of the polish, but the lacquer is still branded with "CHUBBY". This horn is one serious player. It absolutely roars. It's been lined up against Mark VIs, Yamaha 52s and 62s and its sound blows these horns away.
Son of Zorn User ID: 0979534	Jun 29th 10:57 PM Brand new yani B992 Bronze. I love this baby. She purrs, she screams. i have several mouthpieces, but none that truely bering me happiness right now :-( Look for a bari mouthpiece sale coming your was soon.....
Son of Zorn User ID: 0979534	Jun 29th 10:59 PM OnyxSax, i LOVE the name! Chubby! Hahaha! That is character! I love the old Conns. I just could never find one in halfway decent shape to buy when i was shopping. Perhaps that says alot. Maybe GOOD Conn baritones are never sold!
R Small User ID: 9209903	Jun 30th 2:24 AM Mark VI. 208K and 88K. Both are good horns but I mostly use the 208K. I use a #9 rubber RIA (.130" tip) with a spoiler from a Runyon Custom. This set-up has good power and cut but is still warm and fat sounding.
JP User ID: 2463104	Jun 30th 2:39 AM First let me say that it is truly a great day, because the bari forum is here! Anyway. 1934 Conn 12M, lacquer. Ivory Runyon Custom 9. Rico Royal 2 1/2. Speaking of names - I'd like to name my horn, but I don't think I'd want to name it after the any of girls I know. Who would want to have something big, fat, awkward, with a deep, loud voice named after them? I don't think they'd be flattered.
Adam User ID: 9572103	Jun 30th 3:33 AM My main horn is a Selmer SBA (#53181) w/ low A. It was gold plated, but most of the finish is gone (probably 15-20% left). Amazing horn, probably the best Selmer I've played. I also have a Keilwerth SX-90 for backup. My mouthpiece is a Barone T/C 7*.
Dale C User ID: 7601343	Jun 30th 9:50 AM 1949 Buescher Big B, with an ancient relacquer. VERY heavy - even more than my previous 1923 Conn. RPC mouthpiece with .120 tip.
MojoBari User ID: 1195644	Jun 30th 10:02 AM YBS-52 (1984). I spend much more time with MPs than horn shopping.
kdj User ID: 9077913	Jun 30th 10:27 AM MkVI low Bb. Berg hard rubber mpc. Huge, fat sound that records very well.
s w i n g e r i n i User ID: 9885643	Jun 30th 11:02 AM 1930 12M (243k) . Lamberson 8DD(.120) or an 8* Fla. Link I won't say I've played a lot of Baritones in my time , cuz I'd be lying ; I haven't , and I really have no need to . This is the one ..
barron	Jun 30th 11:47 AM Big B Arisotcrat (late 40's?), and a Low A Borgani with a Runyon 10 metal.
Saxy User ID: 2379774	Jul 1st 12:34 AM YBS-52. Great sax as far as sound, but not very durable. I don't own it, otherwise I would have something else. Unfortunately, a lack of interest in bari solos by my band director is forcing me to pick up the recognized solo horn, the tenor. I feel like a sell out, but I love soling too much to be blatting out those low notes all the time. Sorry guys. ;-)
Bootman User ID: 2700404	Jul 1st 7:34 AM I missed the start of this, I was away gigging. Conns x 2 Chu Berry 1928, smokes anything in its path, great jazz horn. The sound is huge. 12M 1957, another very, very good horn, it is my traveling horn. The sound is almost as big as the Chu but it loses some roundness and depth to the sound that the Chu has. I have been able to improve this by adding a Gloger Handcraft solid silver neck. No this is another very scary Baritone. I would love to get hold of a Low A Magna, the only low A Baritone I would consider owning. I have had Yanigisawa's, Selmer's, played many Yamaha's and they don't compete with the Conn's in terms of all round playability. Bueschers are also awesome Baritones, the couple I have played have impressed me greatly. Conn is considered the Baritone of Baritones.
S w i n g e r i n i User ID: 9885643	Jul 1st 11:40 AM Bootman - how's the the Gloger neck sound on the Chu Bari . Major improvement . Man , I really wanna try a Gloger on my 12M , but for some reason I'm skeptical ; dunno why.. Did he copy your neck's dimensions or is it a different taper/bore ? Is it simply the fact that the neck is solid silver ?
Bootman User ID: 2700404	Jul 1st 5:01 PM Swingerini, The Gloger neck seems to be an exact copy of the Conn necks. If I put the Chu neck on the 12M, the 12M improves dramatically and sounds like the Chu. If I put the Gloger neck on the Chu it sounds very similar to the original neck but with a bit more presence in all areas, the sound is definately fatter. When I put the Gloger neck on the 12M I get this 150% improvement in tone, fatness, altissimo, intonation etc. It behaves like a different horn. The biggest difference is in the centredness of the tone in all registers. The Gloger neck for Conn Baritone should be on your shopping list. The difference is dramatic. I bought the Baritone neck after buying a Martin comm 1 tenor with a bad neck. There was no choice but to buy a Gloger neck, no others where available. It improved the playability and tone of the comm 1 tenor so drastically that I had to order a Baritone one straight away. I would check with Karsten on those differences in taper and bore design. A solid silver neck is expensive, but so is a Bari sax mpc. All I can do is urge you to test one out.
Lost Lamb User ID: 0331974	Jul 2nd 7:45 AM One bari, Kohlert. (You know, the old German Conn ;~))) It came with a hr Brilhart Ebolin. One mouthpiece. Had to come over here and say this for all yall who think we have no self-control ;~) Yall have said it all about Conn.
MBushaw User ID: 1167284	Jul 2nd 10:46 AM YBS-52 with old Soloist C* cleaned up by JVWie. I was ready to dump the horn as I couldn't get the sound I wanted (I grew up playing MkVI baris) but the Soloist gets me real close. I have had to unlearn so many emboucher adjustments as this horn is so even. Down side is the plastic pearls; my fingers slip off too easily.