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The Music Trade Review
APRIL 7, 1928
Mezzo-Soprano Saxophone Is Announced
Making Tenth in the Saxophone Family
New Instrument Product of C. G. Gonn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind. — Production an Ideal
Lead Instrument in Saxophone Choir, States This Firm
Tf LKHART, IND., March 28.—An entirely
•*-^ new instrument, never manufactured in this
country before, the mezzo-soprano saxophone
New Mezzo-
Soprano
In announcing the new instrument James F.
Royer, secretary of the company, says:
"Within the saxophone family the Eb alto is
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king, with the Bb flat soprano straight model
sharing second honors. Both are lead instru-
ments, but neither is entirely satisfactory.
About three times out of every four the Eb alto
is selected as the lead, but the voice of an alto
is not fully suited for leading, and the voice of
the soprano is pitched just a little too high for
a broad reed instrument.
"The mezzo-soprano in F is the ideal lead
instrument. It is one whole tone higher than
the Eb alto, and has the brightest and sweetest
voice of all saxophones, due not only to the
higher pitch, but to a completely new bore and
taper. The greatest saxophone artists have
tested the new model and report that you can
play perfectly from the bottom of the scale to
the extreme top without changing the pressure
of blowing.
"Being built in a key one whole step higher
than that of Eb alto, it is of course shorter in
length and lighter in weight, which also makes
it suitable for younger players. The fingering
of the instrument is standard.
"An indirect result of the use of the F so-
prano as a lead will be the recall of the instru-
ment in A. One seldom hears a cornet, trumpet
or clarinet in A these days, which is to be re-
gretted because they furnish a certain tone
color lacking without them.
"Mezzo-soprano in F is a Conn creation, and
so far as we know no other manufacturer in
this country has ever attempted to build one.
'The instrument has been in the Conn experi-
mental department for over two years, where
the design was thoroughly perfected. The
;u-companying illustration gives an idea of the
size of the new instrument, which is the one
in the center with a Bb soprano at the left, and
an Eb alto at the right."
in F, has been placed on the market by C. G.
Conn, Ltd., which means that ten instruments
now compose the saxophone family. Because
of peculiar advantages the new instrument
promises to be one of the most popular of all
saxophones.
Rankin Made General
Manager, Ludwig & Ludwig
Takes Over Duties of R. C. Danly and F. E.
Larson—Formerly Headed Factory Produc-
tion Department
March 31.—W. L. Rankin, for-
merly in charge of the factory production of
Ludwig & Ludwig, drum and banjo makers of
this city, has been appointed general manager
and sales manager for the company. In assum-
ing the duties of general manager Mr. Rankin
takes over the activities of R. C. Danly, vice-
president of the company, who is retiring from
direct and active participation in the business
as he will reside in Florida during the greater
part of the year.
Mr. Rankin is also taking over the office held
by F. E. Larson, who, although he retains his
title as sales manager of Ludwig & Ludwig, has
been obliged because of ill health to give up
business activities indefinitely and is now in
California, where he is reported to be improving
in health.
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Death of Adolph Spicker
CINCINNATI, March 19.—Adolph Spickcr, aged
sixty years, founder and owner of the Spickcr
Music Store, this city, died at his home in Mt.
Auburn, a suburb, following an illness of six
months.
Mr. Spicker established the store more than
thirty-five years ago, and during the greater
part of that time was regarded as the best
violin repairman in Cincinnati. His store
catered to violin and instruments of that type
exclusively. Mr. Spicker is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Emma Spicker, and a son, Clifford
Spicker, with whom he was associated in busi-
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