Arta Guban Timisoara - Luxor Solo

pete

pete

Brassica Oleracea
Staff member
Administrator
Before Kev mentions it, I will: http://cafesaxophone.com/showthread.php?3022-Arta-Guban-tenor. Summary: there may have been more than one company making these. Possibility of production from Czech manufacturers, but possibly Julius Keilwerth, too (which was, at one time, Czech). If you go to http://saxer.org/luxor.shtml, you get a horn that looks considerably different, much newer and that could actually be from B&S or Weltklang. The other interesting thing is the mention of Klingenthal, which gets me in the mind of Hammerschmidt. There also appears to be a strong possibility that they were made by ... Arta Guban Timisoara in Romania. There are a lot of Russian-language websites (like this, for instance) that talk about this horn. One would assume that you'd get lots of Communist Bloc horns in Russia, so "Romania" could sound right.

Personally, I think that the Luxor that I mention, above, is overbuilt too much to be a Keilwerth. Helen, if you said "Dorfler and Jurka," I would have definitely agreed: to me, D&J horns have always looked like the Hummer H1 version of the J. Keilwerth horns.

There's another interesting Luxor at http://www.woodwinds-and-brass.de/html/saxophones.html. There are a couple closeups of the engraving around the bell rim and the rather interestingly designed octave key on the neck.

Anyhow, it's definitely go a bit of the JK look going for it!
 
Translating and transliterating a couple things, there was a "Luxor van Hall" that was made by Keilwerth for B&S (one reference). I've seen a thread on SOTW that says that there are distinct differences between a the AGT Luxor and JK Luxor van Hall.

I've also uploaded some pics of another AGT Luxor, but this one looks a bit different. Take a peek.

I'm trying to hunt for photos of a JK Luxor.
 
Yes, it was the Luxor Van Hall horns made by JK. I remember reading that, but I always forget to be that specific. Thanks for find the pics. I had not actually seen one, which now confirms that I need to reclassify the Luxor I have in my gallery. Before I wasn't clear that "Van Hall" would actually be stamped on the horn anywhere.
 
Helen said:
Before I wasn't clear that "Van Hall" would actually be stamped on the horn anywhere.
Click to expand...
I was definitely wondering that too, because it didn't immediately show up when Googling images. I found it when looking for the AGT.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom