HN White C soprano saxophone

This one was a real treat to work on.   I've had a few of these through and I'm always impressed with the key work and tone.......the old HN White King stuff was really cool!  As well I think the King C sopranos have the sweetest tone.   The instrument here needed everything, a full shebang, but it was totally worth it in the end.  The horn played excellent top to bottom and was in great physical shape too.  Not bad for a horn that pre dates the 1920's! 

Noblet Laureate clarinet

I haven't worked on this instrument as it just came in to the shop, but check out that cool engraving on the bell!  It seems these are really identical to the Noblet model 45 but have the extra fancy bell.  Pretty cool!

Kohlert Graslitz Bb clarinet

Once again I'm very impressed with the workmanship on the old Kohlert Graslitz instruments.   These clarinets are way under the radar, you can get one needing work for very very cheap.  After servicing they are as good as any wood clarinet out there,  the wood in particular is of extremely fine quality, dense and tight grained.  A lot of people just don't know about these and how good they are,  they take longer to sell than other clarinets that don't have a known name but that's ok,  I love them and will continue to seek them out. 

Penzel Mueller Artist clarinet

This was very nice clarinet, wow.  The Penzel Mueller name is associated with the best of the old American made clarinets and up until around WWII the "Artist" model was their top of the line.    They really had something going on here,  very nice key work and plating, comfortable,  excellent wood, a fine fine player.  These can still be had for decent prices and are certainly of professional quality. 

Martin Freres "Classic" clarinet

Here's one I haven't seen before, a Martin Freres "Classic" clarinet.  Now Martin Freres instruments are very common to find but this model is not very common at all.   In looking at their website it seems this was an intermediate instrument when made, and I'd have to agree.   As I've seen before with other Freres instruments the key plating is not great, but all in all its decently made.   The wood is of good quality and after servicing this instrument played well and had a nice tone.