P.Mauriat
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P.Mauriat is a saxophone manufacturing company based in Taiwan.
According to the "brand concept" page on the company's web site,[1] the company was named after French conductor/composer Paul Mauriat in order to associate the company with Mauriat's music and lifestyle. Its products bear the inscription "P.Mauriat PARIS," but the instruments are manufactured in Taiwan.
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[edit] Product information
The company makes several different saxophone models, from student to professional.
Several professional musicians have endorsed the brand, including James Carter, Wayne Escoffery, Paul Haar, Roger Greenberg, Ron Kearns, Doug Lawrence, Andy Sheppard,and Greg Lyons.
The saxophones are hand made in Taiwan using brass imported from France.
[edit] Models manufactured
- Soprano
- PMSS 64 - straight soprano
- PMSS 601DK - tipped bell soprano
- PMSC 2400 - curved bell soprano
- SYSTEM 76 - Dark Lacquer and Gold Lacquer
- Alto
- PMSA 202
- PMSA 2302 - copper finish
- PMSA 67
- PMXA 67R - rolled tone holes- 18K gold plate, Dark Lacquer,and Gold Lacquer
- PMA 500BX - nickel silver with black nickel plate- Gold keys or silver keys
- PMSA 60NS - nickel silver- Dull or Bright finish
- PMSA 300SL - 925 sterling silver
- PMSA 300SLG - 925 sterling silver with 18K gold plate
- SYSTEM 76 - Dark Lacquer and Gold Lacquer
- Swing-55JX - Yellow brass bell, bornze body, bow, neck
- PMSA-60JC
- Tenor
- PMST 202
- PMST 2304 - copper finish
- PMST 66
- PMXT 66R - rolled tone holes- 18K gold plate, Dark Lacquer,and Gold Lacquer
- PMT 500BX - nickel silver with black nickel plate - Gold keys or silver keys
- PMST 60NS - nickel silver- Dull or Bright finish
- PMST 300SL - 925 sterling silver
- PMST 300SLG - 925 sterling silver with 18K gold plate
- SYSTEM 76 - Dark Lacquer and Gold Lacquer
- Swing-55JX- Yellow brass bell, bornze body, bow, neck
- PMSA-60JC
- Baritone
- PMB - 300DK
- PMB - 301LG
[edit] Company information
The company was started in 1999 by Alex Hsieh, a Taiwanese businessman who owns and operates the company.
- Alex is a businessman who loves the saxophone as much as any person I know. I didn’t know he owned a saxophone company until he showed me one of his early saxophones. [...] Alex Hsieh not only loves the saxophone; he is crazy about the saxophone. He listens to saxophone all day, and at night after dinner with his family, he goes back to his office to practice every day. - Roger Greenberg, saxophonist, quoted on P.Mauriat web site[2]
