Saxgourmet Baritone demo
Derek Nash visited Bournemouth late in 2009 to demonstrate his wonderful saxophone prowess to a private audience of around 100 musicians, music students and jazz lovers alike.
He had with him a selection of instruments including this rich toned, beautifully made example, from the great Steve Goodson - maker of the Saxgourmet range, which showed resonance and response that can’t usually be found in the baritone version.
This model is exclusively available from The Saxophone Factory
Here’s the important stuff regarding the horn and once you’ve read it watch, or rather LISTEN, to the video at the foot of this post; sorry about the low light level but it’s the SOUND thats important!
The Saxgourmet Baritone is available from us now at £3500.00 plus VAT and we can arrange a VAT sale and / or interest free credit through the Arts Council “Take It Away” subsidised loan scheme which is aimed to make your dream your reality!
Steve Goodson says; “This model is an evolution of the famous Steve Goodson Model baritone, and is much improved over that great horn. It has features never found before on a baritone, because as you faithful readers know, I’m a baritone player by profession. Here are some of the key points:”
(1) The unique Low A mechanism which is operated by the left hand pinky. Of course, the traditional left thumb fingering is also available.
(2) A greatly improved left hand pinky table. It’s smaller for quicker action. It’s actually the same key touches we use on the Voodoo Rex alto.
(3) Redesigned palm keys. They’re smaller and closer together, and much lighter in touch requirement.
(4) Ergonomic key touches for the chromatic F# and high F# keys. You have to try these to appreciate the huge difference.
(5) A revised front F key touch, that is easy on the fingers and really quick.
(6) A much improved screw adjustable F# helper for the lower stack
(7) Totally revised key touch placement for the main stack keys. These are even closer together than the placement we used on the Steve Goodson Model bari.
(8) A revised and much stronger bracing system for the left hand pinky table.
(9) A new pigtail design that greatly facilitates the altissimo and tames the intonation problems of the upper register.
(10) An entirely new bell taper which brings the low B, Bb, and A into perfect tune.
(11) Even more hand cut engraving on the bell, bow, body tube, and now the key cups.
(12) An improved strap hook with better spacing for bari players. 3 rings, of course!
(13) An enlarged Saxgourmet thumbrest specific to this model
(14) Solid copper Maestro resonators from MusicMedic
(15) A new bore taper and resultant tone hole placement for better response. It’s a bit bigger bore than the Steve Goodson Model.
(16) A new countour case with wheels
Remember that we stock alto sax, tenor sax, soprano sax along with the baritone sax models.
