This crooked saxophone from 1952 gets an Extreme Makeover

I got finally a Desmond sax but it was totally crooked and wasted... So I went to my personal sax-yoda, Daniel Daemen, and filmed the whole process of him overhauling my newly acquired Selmer Super Balanced Action from 1952. That's the same saxophone Paul Desmond played and presumably around the same serial number.

Thanks so much to Daniel Daemen from Safe Sax saxophone repair for his dedication and craft. He is a terrific saxophonist himself and you can hear him play towards the end, but surely check out his playing here on Youtube. ‪@safesax2067‬ ‪@danieldaemen‬

http://www.danieldaemen.com
https://safesax.nl

This vintage sax was purchased in Germany, Krefeld, a store with incredible amounts of vintage saxes (dozen of Mark VIs, or BA/SBA's etc.) : https://www.saxophonic.de/en/home-en/

0:00 Acquiring a Desmond type sax
0:38 Once Upon a Time in Maasbracht
1:29 The diagnosis
2:29 Possible modifications
3:15 Disassembly & Cleaning
6:27 Straightening out the body
9:50 Fitting the neck
12:03 Assembling again
14:23 Does it work?
15:04 Outro and Play Testing


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