Hello I’ve come across an early model King fixed neck zeyphr. Would anyone know the value of this type of sax and around how much a re-pad/ overhaul might run?
although perhaps possible to find someone in the US living not in main cities, overhauling this for less, indeed its resale value is rather not so high as a Zephyr with removable neck.
Not only they are very difficult to clean but also the player is obliged to a certain playing position without the benefit of the neck being adjustable. Intonation of early baritones is also not to everyone’s taste.
New thread to chronicle the work on this beast. Pretty much copy pasted the first part of this post from the King forum. This is a 1917-18 H.N. White baritone saxophone that I found on eBay. It came from New Orleans and was sold by the daughter of Dennis It's in exceptionally good condition...
But a DIY when the first horn you are gonna attempt is a neglected Baritone with a fixed neck ?
Pretty brave endeavor, eh ?
I am also puzzled....does it read Zephyr on the bell ??? The serial # places it at 1925-6.
Zeph models came after Voll True and Voll True II's....no Zephs have serial #'s that low.....if it were a Zeph, by the time they supplanted the VT-II, I would have assumed that fixed necks were a thing of the past...I am surprised to hear of a Zeph model with this 'feature'.
Which is why I asked, does it read Zephyr ?
@Jagrald10 ....the cheapest you would be able to spend on getting this horn worked up would be $750-800....which is what I would charge simply because I am a sucker for bringing back old horns, regardless of how practical it would be or not.
I am not going out on a limb, however, to state that should you bring that to a tech, or two, or four, all of them would give you an estimate of significantly more (as in $1100-1500)...and probably they'd suggest you not do it.
At best, as noted above, an old KIng Zeph with a removable neck is worth around $1100, refurbished. Yes, less if not refurbished and perhaps 'playable'.
This sax, even overhauled, will never have a market value of over $1000.
But it might be a nice playing horn if you could live with the fixed neck. It IS keyed all the way up to high F....(no front F, however, and possibly one cannot be added (or maybe it can be).
Also, I hope it has its case ? Because finding a case for a fixed neck Baritone, nowadays ? Not likely.
Curious- did you decide to pass, or try to get it playing?
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