Lester Young Set-up

Dann

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Aug 20, 2004, 1:20:58 PM8/20/04

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I'm looking at the cover of Lester Young's Transcriptions and can see a
CGConn logo.
I can't seem to find much more about the Prez's setup. From what I can
gather he played mostly Conn 10M and one site mentions an Ebolin Brilhart
mouthpiece. Does anyone have more details about his setup? Thanks.

Cheers!
Dann

ansermetniac

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Aug 20, 2004, 1:41:21 PM8/20/04

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Before the war he played a metal link
Abbedd
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E.A.F.E.

Dann

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Aug 20, 2004, 8:08:39 PM8/20/04

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ansermetniac <anserm...@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> Before the war he played a metal link
> Abbedd

Cool. Any idea what opening?
Tnx
Dann

JSAXL

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Aug 20, 2004, 10:38:34 PM8/20/04

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Per Oliver Garai of Hollywood, Florida;

Lester Young: 1930-1943: Otto Link 4**** Model 4. 1943-1950: hard rubber Selmer
short shank E. 1950-1954: Brilhart ebolin 5. 1954-1959: Selmer Goldentone 5.

John L

clifford.stanton

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Aug 21, 2004, 7:36:56 AM8/21/04

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Hard reed, open lay. Smoother sound you'll never hear. BTW I tried an otto
link ebonite 9 and a 2.5 rico royal on a YTS62 it was the nearest i ever
got. Play with lip out not in!
regards Cliff

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Dann

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Aug 21, 2004, 9:07:22 AM8/21/04

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Thanks all!

Dann

Paul Lindemeyer

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Aug 21, 2004, 2:34:52 PM8/21/04

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Prez played a 1920s Conn with opposite side bell cups (aka Chu Berry)
in Basie's band. That horn was satin gold plated. Another anecdote has
him playing a "chewing gum & spit" Pan American (budget line Conn) at
one time.

-P.

P. Tung

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Aug 23, 2004, 4:15:38 PM8/23/04

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"Paul Lindemeyer" <pa...@lindemeyer.conn> wrote in message
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There is a biography of Young that has him playing a beat up Pan American
when he first went with Basie, I think. Sorry that I can't provide a
specific cite. It was a bio I read casually; can't remember the title or
author.

AndyW

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Aug 25, 2004, 7:19:33 AM8/25/04

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Paul Lindemeyer <pa...@lindemeyer.conn> wrote

> Prez played a 1920s Conn with opposite side bell cups (aka Chu Berry)

> in Basie's band. [snip]

and here it is:

http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/instrumentsB/index.html

M144444 dates it to 1924/25.

-Andy-

( whose '33 Chu tenor is gathering dust )

Dann

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Aug 25, 2004, 9:58:17 AM8/25/04

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Bingo! Thanks a bunch Andy!
A bonus to see the other instruments too!

Dann

Paul Lindemeyer

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Aug 25, 2004, 7:09:09 PM8/25/04

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On 2004-08-25 07:19:33 -0400, andy...@yahoo.co.uk (AndyW) said:
> Paul Lindemeyer <pa...@lindemeyer.conn> wrote
>> Prez played a 1920s Conn with opposite side bell cups (aka Chu Berry)
>> in Basie's band. [snip]
>
> and here it is:
>
> http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/instrumentsB/index.html

Cool!! But that ain't lacquer...

M144444 dates it to 1924/25.

Lotta fours. Wonder if that appealed to Prez. He was the most
superstitious man who ever lived.

> -Andy-
>
> ( whose '33 Chu tenor is gathering dust )

FS?????

-P.

vphaa...@gmail.com

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Sep 14, 2016, 3:27:17 AM9/14/16

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Quote:*Hard reed, open lay. Smoother sound you'll never hear. *

Actually,just the opposite: Brilhart Ebolin #5(?, which should be .080 but can be just about anything, I have 4* that measures .085 (5*). But these were made very rarely in "big" openings like 7* in those days ,approx. #3-5was the standard.

Lester's reed was Rico 2,5 .kind of equivalent to modern Rico 3, cut (V-cut,altough Ricos used to come in various cuts in those days) is not the same in modern orange box Rico reeds In later years he also used no-name plastic reed.