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I responded to a couple e-mailers regarding a few old French-made horns. There had been some talk that some horns labeled "Boiste" aren't made by Pierret (as has been the best theory), but SML. I still say that the Boiste horns look too much like Pierrets not to be -- and they don't have SML serial numbers and do have microtuners AND they match up pretty good with Pierret serial numbers and designs.
HOWEVER, I have been sent pics of a horn clearly labeled "SML" that looks like a Rene Guenot design.
LINKY to da SML
The nailfile chromatic F# and G# are major hallmarks of Guenot designs.
My theory, based on the fact that this horn has no S/N and that it's so beat up, that it was produced FOR SML before SML produced their own saxophones. (It has been suggested that SML concentrated on other instruments for the first couple years after they were founded in 1935.)
If you, or someone you know, has a Rene Guenot horn with single-side bell keys, I'd like to see lotsa pics for comparison.
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I responded to a couple e-mailers regarding a few old French-made horns. There had been some talk that some horns labeled "Boiste" aren't made by Pierret (as has been the best theory), but SML. I still say that the Boiste horns look too much like Pierrets not to be -- and they don't have SML serial numbers and do have microtuners AND they match up pretty good with Pierret serial numbers and designs.
HOWEVER, I have been sent pics of a horn clearly labeled "SML" that looks like a Rene Guenot design.
LINKY to da SML
The nailfile chromatic F# and G# are major hallmarks of Guenot designs.
My theory, based on the fact that this horn has no S/N and that it's so beat up, that it was produced FOR SML before SML produced their own saxophones. (It has been suggested that SML concentrated on other instruments for the first couple years after they were founded in 1935.)
If you, or someone you know, has a Rene Guenot horn with single-side bell keys, I'd like to see lotsa pics for comparison.
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