Hammerschmidt octave patent
Originally published in 2024. Updated March 2026 German patent application Background Summery Figure 1 Figure 2 Patent claims Photos of Hammerschmidt octave vents 1961 Hammerschmidt …
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Patent of a knockoff: the Jinbao bass
Originally published Dec. 2020. Completely updated March 2026. Abstract Patent Diagram Patent Background Description Claims Jinbao-made Bass Gallery Selmer Bass Sax History Questions About Knockoffs …
What exactly is a vintage saxophone?
Updated July 2026 This post was originally inspired in 2013, by a thread on SOTW that got me thinking about a term that is bandied …