True, but I've played some lemons in just about every brand of saxes. I've come across more than a few Selmers that have been less than stellar (or at least ...
Hello! Just say REEDS and everyone speaks! Like talking about good beer! Anyway, I use the #2H and break them in for about an hour or so by rotating them...
I have a clarinet player friend that always soaked his reeds in Scotch when first breaking them in. My guess, is that he thought he sounded better when he...
... If I may add my $0.02, about reeds. Had this sax teacher back in 1980 who taught me how to make reeds last a while - like a year or two - NO KIDDING!!! So...
My guess is that they have 'worker bees' who don't play sax do the setups. Then the 'guys who can blow' just blow a few for QA. I haven't been doing too many...
I have yet to play a Yanagisawa out of the box that didn't play pretty well, although all of them have the spring tension set too hard for my taste. jeff ... ...
I don't presort them. I just soak all the reeds for an hour every day for a week...each day take them out and press them table side down on a big piece of...
Hmm, I note that in the "saxophone tour" on the CB website, the two sax QC guys featured supposedly playtest "most of the XX" horns. I could have sworn the...
Hey guys and gals, My name is Vincent Limon and I am a saxophonist from Austin, Texas. I am selling my Cannonball A1-UL Big Bell Alto Sax(unlaquered with laq ...
... (on 12/6) and it sings like a bird. On the reed thing, another thing that will help is to ditch the standard 2-screw ligature that comes with most...
... From: Snipes To: Greg Williamson Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:20 AM Subject: Fw: [RPC] An Upscale Bar Musicians will get a chuckle out of this. ... ...
What is the difference between a saxophone and a chain chain saw ......................? ...GASOLINE! HE HE HE! Harry ... old "Bebopper Jokes" and musician...
Actually, I heard that a different way, Sal. What is the difference between a chainsaw and a baritone sax? Answer - The chainsaw will almost always be in...
HI, I'M A RECENT PARKINSON'S PATIENT...I HAVEN'T PLAYED MUCH LATELY, BUT I AM A FROMER STAN KENTON SIDEMAN...PLAYED A MARK VI FOR MANY MANY YRS...AND NOW WANT...
Hi Michael Jim Hayward here. I am a 60 year old sax player in the Boca Raton Fl area. I made a career out of the Navy music program spending 15 of those years...
Dear Michael, Thank you for contacting us in the group. I can only imagine the grim prospect of having only a few months more to be able to play the...
HI LESLIE.....TANKZ FOR THE INTEREST--- IT'S A NAME DROP THAT DOESN'T GET MUCH ATTENTION ANYMORE...I PLAYED BARI SAX ON THE ROAD IN 1955 ...LOVED THE BAND,...
HI JIM..THANX FOR THE ENCOURAGMENT...I''M A PERSISTANT OLD XXXXXX...I'M GOING TO DO IT FOR MYSELF AND OTHER PATIENTS WHO NEED TO KNOW IT'S JUST ANOTHER...
I brought my big bell stone series unlacquered tenor sax from my jazz instructor at USM and it plays beautifully. But, what's the deal with this stone on the...
According to the video on the Cannonball tech the stones do make a difference. The results of they're tests with a spectrum analyzer were conclusive enough for...
I just purchased the Mad Meg Tenor Serial 1224xx. Every time I pick it up I t sounds better. My only concern is that I am going to do a cruise ship gig and I...
--I feal enhancement is in the ear of the beholder I have a stone alto, and curved soprano which, I like very much. I also have a global tenor It has a metal...
A friend of mine recently passed away due to complications from Lymphatic cancer and he had a RAVEN soprano that was less than 2 years old. I want to offer to...
Assuming the horn is either a big bell global series model (says so on the bell) or a stone series (has colored decorative stones on the neck and the fingertip...
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