The C Melody Saxophone

Some of those old instruments can get a bad rap because they're difficult to maintain. And you do have to know how to play them. That is something I've come to appreciate more about old jazz as well. The C melody saxophone is the saxophone that Frankie Trumbauer played back in the day. But it was a sound that I didn't like for a long time because it's just kind of uncanny.

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