SML Gold Medal Tenor Saxophone 20xxx Original Overhauled!

Description

This is a beautiful SML tenor. This horn has a wonderful overhaul on it, done by Aaron Barnard, who is one of the best techs in the USA. It has pisoni premium pads and $100-a-set screw-in domed brass resonators (my personal favorite on an SML). If you want to have a dark, dense, powerful tone that is Selmer-like but has the big tone of a Conn, this is for you. It’s a lyrical horn too. It’s about as clean an example of a Gold Medal as you will ever see. It was a one-owner horn and came from a lady in Canada who rarely played it. It sports a lacquered body and silver keys, and the only repair is the alt F# keycage which popped off and was popped back on. That is extremely minor and doesn’t even show. (Aaron is great at this.) This has all the famous features that SML touted, and is a world-class tenor to hang with the best of them. Except it has straight tone holes, which is actually a plus in my opinion, because most techs who would be maintaining the horn down the road would be much more comfortable working on it with straight as opposed to rolled tone holes. It makes it easier to maintain. This ships in the original case, but you can also add a ProTec XL tenor case for safer shipping and gigging (just check the current Amazon price!).

Someone is going to LOVE this horn. It really does it all. Dark, french core tone, flexible, punchy and powerful. Great intonation. Ergonomics are easy to get used-to, the neck angle makes altissimo easy, and the overhaul is top notch and should easily last many many years with minimal maintenance. It’s a turn key purchase for a beautiful vintage tenor sax.