Here's an old Evette & Schaeffer tenor saxophone that just came through.
These were Buffets student line "back in the day". Originally they had this line made by a small French company, Malerne, but at some point in the mid 60's they switched production to Santoni in Italy.
These horns are pretty cool. The keywork is sturdy, you could say its not refined but certainly not bad by any means, this wasn't meant to be a pro horn so you can't expect pro keywork. The build quality is good. The sound is great! These are very free blowing horns to say the least.
This one in particular came to me with very good pads, they had the domed brown plastic resos ala Selmer. I had to pull the neck up which was pulled down slightly, replace the neck key pad, then just a basic regulation/adjustment.........
Also to mention this horn was pretty clean, most of the original lacquer was present and it only had a few small dings!
Another one of those "bang for your buck" horns here, right now I have another E&S alto by Santoni that I'll be finishing up in the next week and pretty soon an older Malerne made alto is showing up......so stay tuned!
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