So I went shopping today to find a saxophone for Katy. Now, cheap saxes run about 600 - 6 bills is a lot of dough for the Dad, on any day. But I walk into ye olde pawn shoppe here in town, and play 5 or 6 horns, looking for something that will work good - and I find something interesting. First thing that spots my eye is the case - it's way niftier than the usual brown case that student model horns come it - it's a real case, with natty cloth in an interesting pattern - looks something like this: The cloth on the case is a dead giveaway that we're looking at something that's a few years old. So I crack it open and to my suprise I find a brand of saxophone I've never seen before - The first thing I notice is that the scrollwork ( carving ) and decorations are very ornate - old school, as it were. It appears that this horn was made in Italy, and it has a low serial number - in the 8000s, rather than 20000s. That's a good bet that it's pretty old indeed. So I