[Bari Sax Guy]

I was scanning all of my paper docs, trying to downsize, and came across my appraisal and receipts for my MKVI Bb Bari.

This got me thinking as I am thinking about selling off some of the heard

Emilio sold me the Bari and overhauled it. It has always had a (not unpleasant) "Old spice" essence / odor / whatever to it.

After 10 years, it's still there. I don't mind it, it's actually quite pleasant and I'm not a super taster/ smeller or what ever, just a normal sense of taste/ smell AFAIK.

Are there any thoughts about what the Sax Doc used?

 

[Gordon (NZ)]

... Emilio sold me the Bari and overhauled it. It has always had a (not unpleasant) "Old spice" essence / odor / whatever to it.

After 10 years, it's still there. I don't mind it, it's actually quite pleasant and I'm not a super taster/ smeller or what ever, just a normal sense of taste/ smell AFAIK.

It seems he did quite a bit of experimenting with pad applications on customers' horns. Perhaps it was Old Spice after-shave.

 

[Bari Sax Guy]

It seems he did quite a bit of experimenting with pad applications on customers' horns. Perhaps it was Old Spice after-shave.

Probably a special industrial strength Old Spice, lasts 10 years (and counting!)

 

[Gordon (NZ)]

Perhaps it had ambergris added to release the smell very gradually. Ha!

 

[JfW]

Here I was thinking there would be pics of a real interesting stencil horn.

 

[turf3]

That was back when Helen Mirren was briefly the fifth Spice Girl.

They had to fire her because she was too sexy for the rest of them.

 

[Gordon (NZ)]

Did she breath on it?

 

[milnak]

If you're lucky that's all he did, and didn't deface the horn with his "repaired by Emilio" sticker.

 

[Dr G]

BSG - Is the smell in the case as well? I wonder if someone tried to cover a funky smell, and you gained a different funky smell in the trade?

 

[Bari Sax Guy]

BSG - Is the smell in the case as well? I wonder if someone tried to cover a funky smell, and you gained a different funky smell in the trade?

No, it came without a case so I bought a Pro Tec case for it (delayed response ) Thinking this through, it probably has something to do with the design of the Bari,
same reason it doesn't need to be swabbed - except the pig tail.

 

[B Flat]

I had a YBS61 which had a red wine smell to it.
I assume a glass or two had been splashed into the case at some point.
It it was not unpleasant either.