SYSTEM 54 Alt Sax.
Verwante producten
Jupiter
P. Mauriat
Trevor James
Yanagisawa
Ze worden standard geleverd met:
System 54 Lightcase, BG draagriem, , standard mondstuk met rietbinder
en beschermkap.
POWER BELL R-SERIES (Gerolde toongaten)
Massief gebouwd met extra grote Power Bell. Octaafbeugel in jaren 30 stijl,
quick F met 'pearl' Stelschroefjes voor de linker-en rechterhand. Verstelbare
metalen duimsteun. Polsters met kunststof resonators. Dubbele kleparmen aan
de lage Do en Si
Pure Brass,
Ongelakt maar voorzien van een behandeling waardoor de zeer donkere
verkleuring ontstaat. Deze kleur zal in de loop van de tijd veranderen in een
matte en persoonlijke 'patina'
Vintage Gold
Een zeer donkere goudlak zoals die gebruikt werd in de jaren 50. Herinnerd
aan die prachtig donker gelakte Franse saxofoons uit de jaren veertig en vijftig.
Die onovertroffen finish is helaas nooit meer verschenen. Tot nu: De Vintage
Gold finish heeft dezelfde uitstraling!
Black Ice,
Zwart vernikkeld. Deze nikkel afwerking geeft de saxofoon niet alleen een
moderne uitstraling maar geeft meer 'edge' aan de sound
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| PURE BRASS | VINTAGE | VINTAGE GOLD | BLACK ICE |
PB Pure Brass 2.192.00
VS Vintage-Style 2.272.00
VG Vintage Gold 2.332.00
DGL Donkere goudlak 2.312.00
BI Black Ice 2.352.00
VSI Vintage Silver 2.352.00
PB Pure Brass 2.352.00
VG Vintage, donkere goudlak 2.392.00
Artists playing Sytem'54
My name is Bruno Vansina. I studied jazz with
John Ruocco (USA) at the Conservatory’s of
Den Hague and Brussels. I play mainly
traditional and contemporary jazz. I am also
involved in some more avant-garde music (Flat
Earth Society) and on occasions pop music. I
consider myself an alto player. Like many other
saxophone players, reality requires me to play
all four saxophones, clarinet and flute.
As a jazz player I always preferred vintage horns. On alto I played on a Selmer
Balanced Action, Buescher Aristocrat, Selmer M6 and back to Buescher
Aristocrat. Baritone I played a King Zephyr and Selmer M6. Tenor and soprano I
played Selmer M6. Over the years I played on, borrowed, tried many other
horns like Conn Lady Face and Chu Barry, Buescher 400, Martin ... If the horns
where in good shape and properly set, in a way, I liked all of them. Some more
then others but that’s a question of taste and the type of music I mostly play.
This can change over time.
Of course I tried all new, more up to date models as well like Selmer, Yamaha,
Keilwerth, Yanagizawa, Borgani etc ... All of these play great to. There
intonation is often much better then the before mentioned ‘vintage’ horns. They
play much more even bottom to top, have way better ergo dynamics ...
Objectively I would say they are better constructed horns.
But after some time, sometimes only minutes, I get bored on them. They just
don’t inspire me the way I think an instrument should. It’s almost like they are to
perfect? Sometimes beauty can be imperfection?
Recently I got back into Buescher alto’s and really needed money. So I went out
to my local saxophone shop DEP in Antwerp. I was going to sell my Tenor M
and get myself a not-to-expensive tenor.
Again I tried many known brand’s, different models ... The tenors I kind of liked
where still very expensive and not really inspiring. I even considered buying a
cheaper vintage horn. Still, interested in trying them all, I played over 15
saxophones, the entire shelve left to right. Near the end I got this pure brass
saxophone I had never seen before. I pop up the mouthpiece and played on it
.... wow .... I like this one ... it’s a new, modern horn but it really makes me think
of vintage horns.
It has a kind of bouncy feel to it. Before I know it I am playing some fast
bebopish rhythm change’s. I hardly need time to adapt to the horn. It plays it
self, sounds good, feels good. I am playing a Jody Jazz HR 9* with Rigotti nr 3
reed’s. I tried my other favorite tenor mouthpiece a Lebayle 8* Jazz, sounds
great to. I tried my friends Otto Link 9* reworked to a Florida model, sounds
good to!
What kind of horn is it?
System 54 – Tenor ‘Superior Class’ Powerbell Rolled Toneholes (Pure
brass) ...
I look half way on the left side of the horn for the price tag ... wow ... I did not
expect to have such a good horn for this price. I tried other system 54 models
as well. They are great horns but personally I really dig the powerbell-r pure
brass ... For my style of playing it really fit’s. By nature I sound realy bright. I
sound much rounder on this horn then my own Selmer M6 without loosing
projection.
In my experience one should try a horn on a gig before buying. This was not
possible so I took a bit of risk and bought it after going to play on the horn for
five times. I took it to the gig next day. I am not a full time tenor player but really
enjoyed the horn. It worked well, even playing in hard conditions (jazz gig in a
bar). Playing with a real drummer is always a good test for a horn!
By now I tried the System 54 Baritone & alto. I really like this horns to. Maybe I
will even buy them!
Check out these horns! You will be surprised and not only because of the price
tag !
www.brunovansina.be
Born in Nottingham to West African parents,
Winner, best Ensemble at the 2005 Parliamentary Jazz Awards.
Winner, Radio 3 Jazz line up album of the year 2005 BBC Jazz awards.
In 2006 Tony got a call from saxophone Jazz legend David Murray asking him
to join the historic avant-guard jazz ensemble the World Saxophone Quartet
which formed in 1977,this is a milestone in British jazz, Tony is the first UK born
musician to join the all american group since the passing of the late
Saxophonist Julius Hemphill
Nominated for a MOBO award 2008
Winner, Best instrumentalist at the 2008 BBC Jazz awards
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SYSTEM 54 Alt Sax.
