First ever CloseOut on Ebony finish
(Black) U.A.M. Conical Resonators
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Originally Made for the W.T. Armstrong Company,
for the: Armstrong 3000
series saxophones and
H. Couf Royalist II /Kielwerth/Heritage Saxes
Will work with any thickness saxophone pad!
Mark your work on custom resonator sizing jobs,
special applications enhancing performance, use them for restoring, or to just save
yourself some money!
These BB56R Ultimate Airflow Management resonators are the exact clone of our
popular B56R cone resonators,
which are used on all of our B56 (.185") and B62 (.160") Pads, except, these are
a polished ebony finish,
instead of brown. I don't think the air can tell the color difference.
So, the sound will be the same.
Armstrong, which at the time had the exclusive
importation of Keilwerth, a.k.a Armstong Heritage and the H. Couf brands, in house, had teamed with
Herb Couf of H.Couf to
design and build the Armstrong 3000 series saxes (nee Royalist II) and wanted a special,
uniquely designed,
resonator style pad for this new series.
Since Ferree's was, the
largest pad manufacturer in the United States and was making ALL of Selmer's pads, Armstrong's management came
to Cliff Ferree, for his expertise in the field. Cliff, then designed this conical,
'sonic center' resonator, which, "just made sense" and THEY loved it.
Efficient air management was the key to its success.
Ferree's then
produced these pads for them as well, for many years. Many of these new pads were installed into older Selmer saxes at
the player's request, by Repairmen around the country.
Many Artists, like Junior Walker, liked the, "Player's
Response" they got from it. "It's like the horn is staying up with me.
I feel it quicker!" he said. Armstrong opted for the ebony color and
Ferree's the brown color, like the Selmer pads they also produced at the time.
This resonator and the pads made with it have been popular
sellers over the last 30 years, or so. That student model 'Armstrong 3000'
series sax (nee H.Couf,
modified Keilwerth Royalist I, by the
way) later wore the Conn and King emblems, as well. In fact, just this past year
we introduced this resonator on the thinner version pad, as the B62, for the newer
design Asian saxophones (like the Yamaha, Jupiter, Unison, Cannonball and new ones coming
yet) that have thinner pad cups, to keep the key and pad cup "Geometry" correct.
These same new thinner pads (B62) will fit the older Conn Connstellation and classic "the Martin"
Committee Model saxes, as well.
These resonators are available in all the selmer gauged sizes.
SO, they are: BB56R #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7, #8, #10, and #11
They measure as: #1 = .312" (7.9mm)
#2 = .445" (11.3mm)
#3 = .570" (14.5mm)
#4 = .700" (17,8mm)
#5 = .820" (20.8mm)
#7 = .950" (24.1mm)
#8 = 1.075" (27.3mm)
#10 = 1.200" (30.5mm)
#11 = 1.325" (33.7mm)
PRICES: BB56R,
Armstrong Black Cone (NOT B56R)
Sizes: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 $1.90 dz., $14.25 C (Sale
Sizes: 7, 8, 10 and 11 $2.10 dz., $15.00 C Prices)
PRICES: for
Brown B56R Cones and B53R (w/ Mark VI dome)
Sizes: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 $3.80 dz., $28.50 C
(Regular
Sizes: 7, 8, 10 and 11 $4.20 dz., $30.00 C
Prices)
For directions
on installing oversize resonators, > Click HERE <
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Dear Gary,
I wish I had known about this set up 20 years ago!!
(B64/66 & B56R)
You are right...they (B64/66's) are harder to adjust and regulate, really fussy to set up...
but, once I got them right... the horn just sings...
The volume is
greater, the tone is more pure, more clear... I think Jr. was right...
the horn feels "faster".
Maybe I don't have his skills for the test
drive... but, I can easily tell the difference,
as can others who have heard me. It is more than, "just perceived by the
player".
Regards,
Dave G.
Ferree's Tools-"Because
they work!"
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