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Adds another location in Italy where horns were produced: Bolzano. I think the more interesting thing is the quote: "Leonildo Desidera and sons was a prized factory from Verona during the fascist era which took over the well-known Stowasser." That's between 1922 and 1943. I dunno if that means that WA Stowasser stopped making saxophones in 1922, but that would explain why a company (Stowasser) that was big enough to roll out contrabass saxophones has so few surviving horns.
Some of the Desidera horns are pretty freaky looking. I'll start uploading a few to my website ... eventually.
Adds another location in Italy where horns were produced: Bolzano. I think the more interesting thing is the quote: "Leonildo Desidera and sons was a prized factory from Verona during the fascist era which took over the well-known Stowasser." That's between 1922 and 1943. I dunno if that means that WA Stowasser stopped making saxophones in 1922, but that would explain why a company (Stowasser) that was big enough to roll out contrabass saxophones has so few surviving horns.
Some of the Desidera horns are pretty freaky looking. I'll start uploading a few to my website ... eventually.