ALTO: Medusa- 82zii, TENOR: Medusa, BARI: b901, SOP: sc991
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List of B&S brands and stencils (updated May 10, 2010)
It is hard to track B&S saxophones since they made so many names. I'll attempt to list them all. I am not including horns made before 1950 such as Huller. Please add to this list or correct any errors.
B&S named models:
Weltklang
Weltklang Solist
B&S "Blue Label" (not official name)
series 500, student line
series 600, student line
series 1000
series 1000 III
series 2001
series 2001 IV
series 2006 (internal name, not labled as such on saxophones)
Medusa
Stencils made by B&S. Be careful because some were made by more than one manufacturer. For instance Dave Guardala saxophones were built by B&S and Amati.
Dave Guardala New York (based on series 2001)
Codera (series 2001 with different pad system)
Ernie Northway (series 2001)
Schmidt (series 1000)
Antoine Courtois (model 2006)
Allora (some are series 2001 and some are series 2006)
Chicago Jazz Series, aka "CJS", (series 2006)
Accent (some reported similar to CJS)
More stencils, probably from the 1970s or 80s:
Musica
Sonora (only sopranos?)
Meister
These stencils seem to be from the Weltlklang era:
Müller (Weltklang stencil)
Stratos (Weltklang stencil)
Luxor
LaFleur
Trafford
Oxford
Bordeaux
Berg Larsen (saxophones, not mouthpieces!)
Additional Notes:
* "2001" and "2006" are series names, not years.
* The "Dave Guardala" horns designed by Guardala for B&S were based on the 2001 which came out first. Later, B&S made some small improvements in their 2001. This was called Series 2001 IV. There was also a similar improvement in the Series 1000. The final improvements was called the Series 2006. This included the Medusa and it's stencils. The alto in this series is a complete re-design with different bore than the earlier 2001. The tenor was very similar to the 2001 series.
* The B&S stencil "Allora" can be found in the 2001 configuration and the 2006 model. After B&S, Allora saxes were made by Amati. Allora "Big Boss" models are made in Taiwan.
* Some late (post B&S) "Dave Guardala" saxophones were made by Amati. These were high quality.
* I have not seen any Accent saxophones built by B&S although they may exist. There are many for sale on eBay made in China as student instruments.
* Thanks to everyone here who helped with B&S information. This has allowed me to made this update to the original post.
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It is hard to track B&S saxophones since they made so many names. I'll attempt to list them all. I am not including horns made before 1950 such as Huller. Please add to this list or correct any errors.
B&S named models:
Weltklang
Weltklang Solist
B&S "Blue Label" (not official name)
series 500, student line
series 600, student line
series 1000
series 1000 III
series 2001
series 2001 IV
series 2006 (internal name, not labled as such on saxophones)
Medusa
Stencils made by B&S. Be careful because some were made by more than one manufacturer. For instance Dave Guardala saxophones were built by B&S and Amati.
Dave Guardala New York (based on series 2001)
Codera (series 2001 with different pad system)
Ernie Northway (series 2001)
Schmidt (series 1000)
Antoine Courtois (model 2006)
Allora (some are series 2001 and some are series 2006)
Chicago Jazz Series, aka "CJS", (series 2006)
Accent (some reported similar to CJS)
More stencils, probably from the 1970s or 80s:
Musica
Sonora (only sopranos?)
Meister
These stencils seem to be from the Weltlklang era:
Müller (Weltklang stencil)
Stratos (Weltklang stencil)
Luxor
LaFleur
Trafford
Oxford
Bordeaux
Berg Larsen (saxophones, not mouthpieces!)
Additional Notes:
* "2001" and "2006" are series names, not years.
* The "Dave Guardala" horns designed by Guardala for B&S were based on the 2001 which came out first. Later, B&S made some small improvements in their 2001. This was called Series 2001 IV. There was also a similar improvement in the Series 1000. The final improvements was called the Series 2006. This included the Medusa and it's stencils. The alto in this series is a complete re-design with different bore than the earlier 2001. The tenor was very similar to the 2001 series.
* The B&S stencil "Allora" can be found in the 2001 configuration and the 2006 model. After B&S, Allora saxes were made by Amati. Allora "Big Boss" models are made in Taiwan.
* Some late (post B&S) "Dave Guardala" saxophones were made by Amati. These were high quality.
* I have not seen any Accent saxophones built by B&S although they may exist. There are many for sale on eBay made in China as student instruments.
* Thanks to everyone here who helped with B&S information. This has allowed me to made this update to the original post.
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