The BRANCHER-FRANCE
TSG Tenor Saxophone Play - Test
I had the good fortune of meeting Msr. Pascal Brancher, "Mr. BRANCHER-FRANCE" himself, maker of fine saxophones and accessories, in March 2014 at the Frankfurter Musikmesse (Frankfurt Music Fair).
The Brancher stand was located directly across the isle from the Bari Woodwinds booth, whose Bari Hybrid mouthpiece and synthetic reeds I have been playing exclusively and endorsing for a number of years, going back to the days of the company's founder, the late Wolfe Taninbaum.
So meeting "the Branchers" was kind of like meeting the people next door. I had never even heard of the Brancher brand before this, so I was certainly not familiar with their line of horns.