[funbuffalo24]

Not even in the market but I went to a garage sale over the past weekend, and there was a beat up "from the thirties, I think"(the seller said) trumpet that had a very cheap price and I could tell it was a silver plated horn, so I bought it. But why I bought it was that there were two obvious sax mpc's in the case. One is a Vandoren and one is a Johnston-Selmer. This morning with a bit of cold water, dish soap and my fingertips only I cleaned off what crud I could, and they appear to be in decent shape; I put a new #3 vandoren reed to each, they seal and play pretty nice, the vandoren deep and rich, the selmer projects like crazy. Now, I think I've Id'd the Selmer as being an A.Lelandais from 1934, but where there should a a star engraving it's scratched so I could be mistaken. The question is, what do I have here, and are they worth holding on to? To clarify I have no intention of selling them, I mean hold on to more in the sense that are they regarded as good players or not, etc. Thanks for any insights!

 

[Reet McVouty]

I guess the answer lies within. Would you play them? I own eight alto mouthpieces but currently only play one of them. I hold on to the others because I might want to switch up at some point and all my pieces play well for me. Once you sell a mouthpiece or horn for that matter it's gone and whatever enrichment you may have gained dissipates quickly, while regrets last forever.

 

[Sigmund451]

Cant see the chambers so I dont know if I would play them.

i dont hink any are high dollar pieces. Play them and if you think they have possibilities keep them...the world wont suffer for it.

 

[funbuffalo24]

I guess the answer lies within. Would you play them? . Once you sell a mouthpiece or horn for that matter it's gone and whatever enrichment you may have gained dissipates quickly, while regrets last forever.

Yeah, the vandoren maybe. I currently play a c table Selmer for my alto, this has a nice dark sound. I guess I'd have to put more time into each and not just 2 minutes of scales once they were cleaned for a quick first impression test. otherwise, into the drawer it goes.

 

[Enthusiast65]

The Vandoren is a Perfecta I think, if it has a square/ cathedral throat and straight sidewalls. Mine (tenor tip opening ‘7’ which is more like a modern 5*) is a fabulously smooth player.

 

[milandro]

The second mouthpiece is a Selmer Johnston Mouthpiece as found here it may have had some interest to a collector if not rather mangled

made by LELANDAIS ( as many many other rmouthpieces!)

Nicolas Trefeil

Vintage saxophone bec mouthpieces refacing

www.nicolastrefeil.com