Found silver Gold Medal Alto.

[francobolognese]

I'm very happy to have found a silver Gold Medal Alto.
What a firm sound with beautiful harmonics.
Now i have to find a decent mouthpiece for it.
Using a Selmer C* at the moment. Gives a dark sound
but i like it more focused and with more "cut".
Has anyone a clue?

Have a look at the following link. If you want more picures
let me know. Many thanks to the SML communitee on this forum
wich led me to this great horn.
http://www.psd-ict.nl/sax/index.html

Frank
The Netherlands

[francobolognese]

Does anyone have a guess what i paid for this horn?


Greetings

Frank

[Robv]

Congratulations with your alto it looks great.

Are you the lucky guy who snatched one away under my nose for 350 Euros in Nieuwegein Netherlands. if not i am curious where and for how much you got it.

I own several SML's and on my alto i use a slant signature hard rubber link 6*. I've tried several mouthpieces but this seems to work best for me.

Rob de Veen

[francobolognese]

Rob,

Nice to see you're from the NTHRLNDS and having a couple of SML horns.
No i wasn't that guy. (HELAAS!!!) I've payd 750 EURO for this completely
refitted SML. It plays so good! It plays better than my Selmer BA Alto.
Great action and intonation, firm sound and i'm now working on a good
sound now. That is why i'm interested in mouthpieces for this alto.

Greetings

Frank

[HonestLiar]

Congratulations indeed. This horn looks awesome.
There seem to be a lot of SML's around in the Netherlands. I bought my Silver GMII Alto there about a year ago. I paid 650 Euros plus a full repad job. It's worth every cent!

[jaankaden]

nice horn. no, i'm sorry. REALLY nice horn!!! where do you guys get your SMLs in the netherlands? i've got a couple of gold medal altos and have nothing but absolute praise for them. anyhoos, where do you guys usually "hunt" for SMLs?

[Robv]

I don't hunt for them, i just stumble on to them from time to time.

Soprano, coming soon from my tech:D
Alto, marching band write off
Tenor, someone who wanted to trade for bundle of cash 8)
Bari, at a 50's music fair

I've come across several horns i did not buy, replated ones, bashed ones, and much to expensive ones. in the last few months ive seen, a soprano, 2 alto's and a tenor. ( i bought the sop)

[Enthusiast65]

Frank

I too have a silver plated GMII. Interestingly the difference with yours is that the Gold Medal engraving on mine is cut through the silver, making the engraving and logo shine out in brass. Nice.

Solid intonation as well, bought for €750, and I repadded in natural white kid goat pads (handmade) with flat shiny resos. Great sound, but beaten for butteriness and smooth resonance by my latest love, a '32 Cigar Cutter.

Maybe I'm in a minority, but I actually like the table keys of yore.

[sax warrior]

nice sax dude