I have an opportunity to buy a made in France Dolnet Imperial alto, but there is very little info on this particular Dolnet model. I know the Imperial was only manufactured in 1952-53. The more common Bel Air model was the other Dolnet alto available at the same time and continued to be...

Hi folks, I’m new here and looking for some advice to appraise a sax that’s been collecting dust in my closet for awhile. The sax is a vintage “Bel Air” curved soprano (from what I understand, this is a model of Dolnet). Serial number reads E9XXX. It was donated to me in some rather odd...

Hi Guys, Bought a Dolnet soprano silver plated, no resoldering marks, almost all the silver intact, pads looks bad, springs are far too soft and ofcourse it is leaking a lot. The serial number is 74***, I think it is a early Bela air. The neck has this ring on it and the palm keys are hexagonal...