Musical Notes

What’s on My Bench? Bach Mt. Vernon Alto Trombone

Here’s a cool little horn I finished up today - a Bach Mt. Vernon Model 6 alto trombone! This alto trombone was a conversion done on a regular Mod...

What's on My Bench? 1921 Conn 20A Flugelhorn

Today’s feature is a real gem - a gold plated, presentation engraved Conn 20A! I actually finished up this little guy last week, but had to make s...

What's on My Bench? 1970 Schilke B1

Happy Friday, and welcome to “What’s on my bench?”!!! One of the things I love be about my job is getting to work on horns like this one!! This pa...

Repair Solutions: Pad Modification

Background Recently at Quinn the Eskimo Brass and Winds, we received a Conn nickel plated bass saxophone to be put into playing condition for subs...

Colored Conn C Melody Saxophones

For a brief period of time in the 1920's, Conn offered colored enamel finish on their saxophones. While we have seen a few colored enamel altos, by...

Explorations in Unique Music

Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don’t understand the language that you’re singing in, they still know good music w...

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 ...