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- Safer Sax Shopping Online: A How-To Guide (August 10, 2026)
- Jinbao Bass Saxes: a reference guide (July 2, 2026)
- Jinyin Bass Saxes: a reference guide (June 23, 2026)
- Review: Fred Lebayle Rosie Bass Sax MP (June 10, 2026)
- SX90R straight alto with engraving typo (June 2, 2026)
- New Dörfler & Jörka (D&J) research/page (May 30, 2026)
- Olds Super Alto & Tenor Saxophones (April 6, 2026)
- Keilwerth’s 100th Anniversary SX90R (February 25, 2026)
- The new CONN CAS811 (January 28, 2026)
- Original Bassic Sax.info Update (January 26, 2026)
- GebrM for JK large MOP key touches (September 26, 2025)
- Hohner President pages back & updated (June 11, 2025)
- Progress report: the New Bassic Sax (June 2, 2025)
- Welcome to the new Bassic Sax Blog (May 11, 2025)
- Is a bass sax right for me? (December 10, 2024)
- Hammerschmidt octave patent (October 16, 2024)
- Clearing up confusion about Migma (September 29, 2024)
- Keilwerth SX90R Shadow Tenor Review (August 11, 2024)
- Keilwerth SX90R Tenor Sax Review (July 30, 2024)
- Keilwerth SX90R Alto Sax Review (July 16, 2024)
- Review of P. Mauriat Bass Sax (July 2, 2024)
- Is a vintage sax less reliable? (December 8, 2023)
- Review of a Jinbao-made Bass Sax (August 30, 2023)
- Vintage American Bass Saxes: Resources (May 19, 2023)
- Valgon Rings™ Useful? Snake oil? (March 28, 2023)
- LP Boosey & Co. Eb alto keyed to low B (March 30, 2022)
- Eugen Schuster saxophones (October 3, 2021)
- Beware: Fake Keilwerths made in China (August 10, 2021)
- Patent of a knockoff: the Jinbao bass (December 8, 2020)
- How to correctly practice something (April 25, 2020)
- Not all Dave Guardala® saxes are equal (December 5, 2018)
- Review of a XuQiu bass sax by Jinyin (March 29, 2016)
- What really is a saxophone overhaul? (December 3, 2013)
- What exactly is a vintage saxophone? (August 27, 2013)
- The “authority” educators bring (October 14, 2010)
- The source of our tone (March 21, 2010)
- 3 aspects of saxophone tone (March 14, 2010)
- On the topic of teaching saxophone 2 (August 13, 2008)
- On the topic of teaching saxophone 1 (August 1, 2008)
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