Paris sax shop

[sorn]

Hello everyone

If anyone can give me sax shop names around Paris, i would be appreciated that.
Is the horn cheaper in Paris ? I mean Selmer.

Thanks

[allstonj]

I purchased my Series II alto at Feeling Musique in Paris.(http://www.feelingmusique.com/rubriques/actu/cadre2.htm)

Not only was the horn substantially cheaper, but there was a large selection to choose from.

[sorn]

Thanks allstonj

I checked the price from Netherlands. They are all the same or more expensive.

Did you pay any import fee for your horn ?

[allstonj]

No duty, just the usual 7% Canadian GST.

[uCtaudio]

I purchased my Series II alto at Feeling Musique in Paris.(http://www.feelingmusique.com/rubriques/actu/cadre2.htm)

Not only was the horn substantially cheaper, but there was a large selection to choose from.

150m down that same street you have "Musique et art" (http://www.musique-et-art.com/) I purchased my new selmer serie III alt and tenor there last weekend! Got VERRRY good price! :D (half the price in that i would have to pay back home... + got a nice weekend in Paris)

uCtaudio

[sorn]

Oh thanks uCtaudio

I checked his website. It is great.
Would you tell me how good they set up the horn ?
Do they have a lot merchadise ? lot of technicians ?

Thanks Thanks

[uCtaudio]

Oh thanks uCtaudio

I checked his website. It is great.
Would you tell me how good they set up the horn ?
Do they have a lot merchadise ? lot of technicians ?

Thanks Thanks

There are 3 or 4 sax shops in that same street (Rue de Rome), and they all have at least 1 "in house" technician.

But there's not mutch they can do (or have to do) on the horns when they come from the factory. The horn needs to be "playd in", for the mechanic to get "set", and the pads to adjust.

On the Serie III, there is not mutch diff. on the horns. The ones i found where minor. I had 3 horns to try (they had more), 2 where almost identcal, and the last one not that good 8). There was diff. in how the mechanic was/felt in your hand, spessially in the lower Bb,h,C#. (I used Roger Boutrys Divertimento, last part of the 1. movment to find witch i liked the best! it uses the hole register)

My alto is starting to set/adjust now, and I think i have to get the pads adjusted. The first week it played very good (playd it 4-5 hours each day), but on friday suddenly something happend, i had to press harder to get sound. (the front Bb, F and D). I think this is usual (correct me if i'm wrong). When u look at the clarinet, they say u should only play a new horn for max 1 hour, the first month or something, for the instrument to adjust. (has something to do with the wood also :wink: ). So maybe i "over done it", and should not have playd some much the first week!!
they usually give u a free "3 month after" adjustment of the horn

anyway with the price i payd for the horn, i can afford to do an adjustment here in Norway...

Hope this answerd your Q;

(i may have written bad english?! :D )

uCtaudio

[sorn]

I come to the point that i will buy a sax from where can offer better set up. Musique et art is one of them. Another one is Matthews Music in Netherlands.
I will mail order it, though. I hope i don't get bad horn. This way can save me couple hundred dollars comparing to if i buy a sax in the US.

Thanks for your reply.

[Randall]

In Paris there is a street that has lots of music stores: Rue De Rome, which is about a 10 minute walk from the Concorde Plaza Metro station. Feeling Music, La Menetrier and Music Et Art are among the shops on this street. My personal favorite was La Menetrier...and they have a guy there who has excellent English. All of the shops are competetive and there is someone there who can speak English.
Good luck....prices are good there, but I liked the prices inthe Netherlands better (Saxofoonwinkel and Matthews Music).

[sorn]

Thanks Randall

I check the price at Saxofoonwinkel and Matthews Music but their price is not quite remarkably impressive at this moment. It is probably because of currency exchange rate. Even in France now, the price is almost equal the price in the US. I believe when everything get back to its normal the currency and trading would come to normal again.

[Toni Linder]

There is also a Woodwind & Brasswind in Paris (you will find them on the web).

[marc]

Indeed,
and I just purchased some reeds and tuning device from them. Excellent service and quick delivey.
http://www.woodbrass.com/

[greg]

There's a nice little sax shop I found last April while in Paris. Hey, great for a song title!! Sax Machine is located at 46Rue de la Rochefoucauld (1 block back and 2 or 3 blocks right of St Theresa's, behind the Paris Opera House. The shop is 2 or 3 blocks up le Rue on the right side), 75009 Paris; Tel: 01 45 26 05 20; Fax: 01 45 26 05 20 (yeah, they're both the same?) The shop is open Mon - Sat 10 AM to 6:30 PM (they close from 1:00-2:00 for lunch). Arrnaud speaks some English. Their web site is: http://saxmachine.cityvox.com. Nice web, but it's all in French (still worth a look).

Does anybody know where I can find Freddie LeBayle mouthpieces here in the states? I picked up an ebony tenor when I was there, and I'd like to see about alto and bari. The ebony is a gas, nice tone and control.

[lead52]

you may directly contact f.lebayle on his website:
http://pro.wanadoo.fr/jazzabayle/index.html
I think he's shipping worldwide

[Bflat]

Sax Machine is indeed a very interesting little shop (see post above for location). It is also one of the very few places in Paris where you will find vintage horns. I was in there last week and they had three Mark VIs - a 198xxx, a 220xxx, and a 230xxx - all three in quite good condition. The 230xxx was a very good player & the other two quite ordinary. No particular price breaks from North America however - they ranged from 3200 - 3900 Euros.

If you or any of your buds are into strings, a stroll down Rue de Rome is an absolute must - at least two dozen fascinating storefronts with a gazzillion violins, violas, etc. - what a treat!

Bflat

[Pinnman]

I have only just come across this thread, hence the late post.

Rue de Rome in Paris is interesting because it is the district that Louis XIV decreed should be used for musical instrument manufacture in the 17th. century. It is fascinating to see all the workshops, mostly for guitar, violin
and cello. There are also a number of music score shops with very full inventories.

I found Musique et Art through the Yellow Pages, phoned up and then went in during a holiday in Normandy. Prices were half the UK list price (although nobody pays full list). All this even afer payiong 22% VAT as against 17.5% in UK. (Tax not reclaimable within EU.)

Plenty of examples to try: did I want laquered, silver, black, engraved, etc.? - all were available. I came away with an unengraved SA 80 Series 2 tenor. That was ten years ago. yes, I still have the sax; a great instrument.

This shop is one of two official Selmer distributors in Paris. Where is the other? Right across the street!

:)