King-Lemaire
Eb Baritone
Saxophone
108xxx, est. built c.1980
This
instrument is of a good design derived from the great old Kohlert
saxophones. It was built by Amati in Kraslice, The Czech Republic
under an arrangement between them, King & SML, where King
marketed instruments in North America that were designed & made
in Europe by the other two firms. The Kraslice area is in Bohemia,
which has changed hands many times over the years as wars raged
through Central Europe. Kraslice itself is very near the current
German border, and is where Julius Keilwerth and Joseph Kohlert
(Amati claims ties to the Kohlert legacy today) built great
saxophones & bassoons for many years. The town was called
'Graslitz' at the time Keilwerth started there in 1925. The horn
doesn't have a bad pedigree at all, and though it doesn't currently
play, the old Kohlert baris that I've played are really rockin' ole
dudes.
This is a fixer-upper, but it's all here, including a good neck
& serviceable case. Another plus is it's fairly clean, with no
terrible odors or excessive corrosion. Looks like it may have been a
school horn in the past. There's a lot of lacquer missing from the
crook area, and the neck tenon has been re soldered, resulting in a
lot of lacquer loss on the neck. The crook itself is tight &
straight though, which is important in a bari you're considering as
a project. The pads are a good quality flat metal reso type that all
look to be in good shape. You may need to to replace a few to make
everything seal up as you go through setting it up to play again,
but there's a good chance maybe none will need to be changed, too.
The remaining life will probably average about 60 to 70%. Exactly
how long that is will depend on your play patterns and maintenance
habits. No mouthpiece is included. A blow-by-blow assessment (in our
opinion) of what it will take to make this monster whole again for
you appears below in the section titled 'more'.
We're going to let this one go in 'as-is' condition for our friends
who like the DIY horns -- or at least you can 'manage' the rebuild
therapy yourself if you aren't up to tackling the actual work. Check
the pix closely & ask your Qs, but please keep in mind that
bargain baris from sources you can trust to give you all the skinny
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The horn is going to need the body
side of the bell/body brace re soldered, which will entail raising a
dent under the body side juncture first. It appears that someone has
tried to reattach the body side (bell side is solid) without the proper
prep work. Obviously the job didn't last long, either. Everything moves
-- that's supposed to -- though some keys are sluggish. Count on a full
disassembly & mechanism cleaning, then fitting and straightening as
you put it back together so all works smoothly again. Count on replacing
some missing & worn corks & felts, and maybe a spring or two. As
she goes back together you need to check the upper body to see if the
slight bend (probably due to the damage that broke the body brace joint
loose) needs straightening for the action to work freely for you. All in
all, the scope to put this honker back into service isn't a lot, but
will take some time & skill. From the pix you'll see that there are
lots of little dents & a cockamamie bell lip that are strictly
cosmetic issues. We would view doing any significant dent work as
optional, though raising that strap ring area back to level while the
horn is apart is a good idea. The horn will play fine again without the
extra dent work, and it actually looks pretty good from a few feet away
now. How far you decide to take the rebuild depends on your tolerance
for imperfections in great playing old bari saxes
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