Pure Tone Sax (?)

[Gerald]

Hi,

I got an old Alto-Sax named "Praesident", stamped on the backside with "Pure Tone Trademark" and Number 1294. The Seller told me, that it is from Keilwerth, but I´m not shure. Does somebody know something about this instrument?

Thanks
Gerald

[stitch]

The President was a model produced by the German Hohner company, run by one of the Keilwerth brothers (Max? Richard? can't remember - I'm sure someone else will know though). Good quality horns, worth holding on to. I should perhaps add I have no first hand experience of them, but this is the impression I get from general reading; they come up on German eBay quite often, and command quite high prices.

[stitch]

Does it look like this one: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2540535173&category=23 298

or this: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2540461332&category=23 298 ?

[Chris]

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3718262606&category=23 298&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWN%3AIT&rd=1

is this a hohner?

[stitch]

Not sure. I think the bell keys are round, like on a Zephyr - see http://www.saxpics.com/Keilwerth/misc_pics/hohner/alto/2_tone/10670/993737688747_Dsc00066.jpg and http://www.saxpics.com/Keilwerth/misc_pics/hohner/alto/2_tone/10670/993737686778_Dsc00067.jpg.

[SearjeantSax]

i just got one like that, exactly, but with martini peerless engraved on the front, not president,
is it similar at all?
what other saxes have similar pad sizes so i can order some pads for it?
thanks, Dan