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Bassic Sax is now 25 years old. For most of those years I have created—or been involved in the creation—of a Christmas and/or holiday card for the various websites that have inhabited the .ca and now .info domains.

In the very early years these greetings were Adobe Flash illustrations set to music, which sadly are no longer supported. Since the creation of the Bass...

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I am not sure where 2025 went exactly, but here we on another December 6—or as the Germans call it: St. Nikolaus Tag (Saint Nicholas Day). Last December 6, I published my first-ever St. Nikolaus Tag card here on Bassic Sax. With it I provided a bit history about why German children traditionally leave their freshly-cleaned shoes by the front door. (It’s so that a man dressed ...

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Nikkan alto. Source: tgmstore on eBay.com

The other day something crossed my radar screen that I hadn’t seen before: a vintage Nikkan alto on eBay that looked ever so much like a clone of an early 6M...

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Helen’s Intro 2025

I have not changed the text to Pete’s original article at all. I did have to change the formatting some; added a gallery; and updated the links that were expired. The few comments that I have added, I added in square brackets and with blue text to keep it distinct from Pete’s.

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Oversize MOP key touches on a brand new SX90R alto #130971. Source: H. Kahlke

Julius Keilwerth saxophones are known for many things: their huge sound; big bells; accurate intonation; sturdy build; lon...

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