GEAR
TENOR SAXOPHONES
Selmer Mk. VI tenor
Serial # 196940
I've been playing this horn since 1971 when I joined Blood, Sweat & Tears. Played it in the Aretha scene in the first Blues Brothers movie. Still my #1 ax.
Selmer Mk. VI tenor
Serial # 63691
Silver plated with a gold bell Mint condition, Delicious.
King Super 20 gold plated tenor
Serial # 338335
Played this with Aretha in the 2nd. movie. Great horn.
Wood Stone tenor
Serial # 0004
Ishi Mori gave me this horn in 2009 while in Tokyo.
Beautiful looking and sounding.
Lupifaro Platinum Series tenor
ALTO SAXOPHONES
Selmer Mk. VI alto
Serial # 125483
My original alto, great ax. Sanborn borrowed it from me once and I had to threaten him to get it back!
Selmer Mk. VI alto
Serial # 134003
My Dad's horn. Great ax.
Selmer Mk VI alto
Gold plated
Serial # 179172
This is my #1 alto. Got it from Mr. Fabulous, Alan Rubin, who had gotten it for his Dad.
Selmer Balanced Action alto
Serial # 52279
For that vintage sound. Lupifaro Platinum Series alto
SOPRANO SAXOPHONES
Selmer Mk. VI silver plated soprano sax
Serial # 184896
Since the late 70's I think.
Yanigasawa curved soprano sax
Serial # 210572
Love the open sound of this horn.
Lupifaro Platinum Series soprano sax
BARITONE SAXOPHONES
Yamaha YBS-62 low A baritone
Serial # 025364
Lebayle #9 metal mouthpiece & ligatureLa Voz three and a half reeds.
CLARINETS
Buffet Crampon
Serial # 66718
I've been playing this clarinet since I was 12 years old. Oy!
Van Doren three and a half reeds.
Powell sterling silver flute
Serial # 1656
C foot
Bought this from Lew Tabackin in 1971, left it in a cab after a Deodato date and got it back ten years later almost to the day.
FLUTES
Powell sterling silver flute
Serial # 1847
b foot. gold lip plate
My #1 flute.
Haynes sterling silver alto flute
Serial # 32524
Great ax.
Rudel Carte bass flute
Serial # 81029
Also great.
Yamaha wooden piccolo
Serial # 3085
Hmmmm. not so great, but good!
MOUTHPIECES AND LIGATURES
Tenor
On my tenors, I play a Phil Barone metal mouthpiece, New York model, no baffle, Harrison gold plated ligature; and sometimes an Otto Link hard rubber #7, Wood Stone ligature.
Alto
I use an Otto Link, 6* hard rubber mouthpiece, Harrison gold plated ligature, on all my altos.
Soprano
Phil Barone metal mouthpiece with baffle and Selmer ligature
Otto Link, 6* hard rubber mouthpiece, with Selmer ligature
REEDS
Roberto's, Rigotti, La Voz, or Rico Royal 3 1/2 reeds on all tenors.
