Musical Notes

Searching for a Good Community Band

I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already wit...

Giving Life to the Triebert Brevete “Systeme Dupaquier” C Melody

The Story Since the beginning of Quinn the Eskimo, certainly well before breaking into the new band instrument market, we have dealt with vintage i...

Pan American Propeller Wood Clarinet

This striking Pan American “Violin Finish” clarinet (made by Conn) was mistakenly described on eBay as made from pear wood. It is more commonly kno...

Keilwerth Toneking 3000 Jazzophone

Meet my little friend, the Keilwerth Toneking 3000 Jazzophone. We love finding unique and playable vintage music instruments This was our write-up:...

Meet the Romero System Sax and Clarinet

Taken from the Woodwind forum where my friend and admin Pete contributed to this. A few days ago, I came across a couple of saxophones that I had ...

Favorite Media Picks for Musicians in 2016

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. ~ Bob Marley There have been some interesting videos on YouTube and we have been ...

C. G. Conn's Wartime Contributions

World War II saw the mobilization of money, people, resources and more for the production of equipment used during the conflict. The Allies outpace...

The Mysterious Mazzeo “System” Clarinet

My late, great friend Terry Stibal once waxed poetic with me about a very unique clarinet system. He was a professional musician and band founder o...

Is a Bass Sax in Your Future?

“I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead.” ~ Clarence Clemons The bass saxophone is one of the largest members of ...

Musician 101: Developing an Internal Pulse

In this post we hope to give musicians some ideas/exercises to improve on internal pulse. Keeping a steady pulse is a fundamental skill for any mus...

Defining the Swing Tempo

We have talked about Measuring Music Tempos ~ How Fast is Fast? Today we are going to discuss Swing tempo, which has a no published standards. Firs...

The Three Sopranos

I have always purchased soprano saxes that give a hobbyist half a chance to play in tune. My favs to date are pictured below: Eppelsheim soprillo, ...