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post #1 of 23
2/10/09 at 11:48pm
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Anyone here play some saxophone?

Alto, Tenor, Baritone or Soprano?

Jazz or Classical?



For me, I play jazz on an alto sax.
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post #2 of 23
2/11/09 at 12:36am
Me me me! Alto in school band! some old buffet crampon, i want a new one T_T
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post #3 of 23
2/11/09 at 12:54am
i used to march alto sax in high school

probably gonna join my school's wind ensemble next year...maybe

i played a yas-23 during field season and a cannonball in concert season
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post #4 of 23
2/11/09 at 4:19pm
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Originally Posted by feh1325 View Post
i used to march alto sax in high school

probably gonna join my school's wind ensemble next year...maybe

i played a yas-23 during field season and a cannonball in concert season

Awesome. I'm currently playing a YAS-23 too. Decent for a student horn.
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post #5 of 23
2/11/09 at 5:59pm
I study classical saxophone and clarinet ^^. I have a Yanagisawa 992 alto and a set of Buffet Crampon Festivals , and I'm buying a tenor this summer, probably a Yanagisawa but I can't be shure before I've tested some :P
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post #6 of 23
11/6/09 at 9:09pm
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Just picked up a Selmer Mark VII, widely considered to be one of the best saxes in the world.

This one was made in 1976 (M256XXX) but still is in perfect condition!

ImageShack -

I love it!
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post #7 of 23
11/7/09 at 1:07am
I play an alto in the school band, but trying to play jazz. I currently have a Vito YAS-23 clone that just sounds eh to me. It's a bit too tinny sounding to me. I'm saving up for a Conn Transitional with deco engraving like:

I've always liked Conns' full, big, Charlie Parker sound more than Selmer's refined sound. A Top Hat and Cane Buescher 400 would be nice too but Conns just look so cool.

gore.rubicon, what kind of Buffet? They made some very nice saxes.
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post #8 of 23
11/7/09 at 1:12am
Woot, go saxophones!

Played tenor sax (not those toy alto saxophones ) from 7th grade to college now.

Middle school: Intermediate band
High school: Marching Band, Jazz Band, and Intermediate Band
College: Pep Band

Used a Yamaha in the past, and now a Canonball. I kind of miss marching band, but if I had to do it again, I'd re-live high school instead of continuing into college.
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post #9 of 23
11/7/09 at 1:23am
My CD collection quadrupled during undergrad because of my semi-pro sax playing. At the time I was alto, but I prefer the sound of the tenor but the enjoyment and freedom of the soprano. These days I don't have time to play much and when I do, I find myself migrating to the clarinet, but back in the day...how I loved to play the sax. It was as if I were extraplanar, otherworldly. I could dismiss the stresses of life and live in the moment of the note being played.
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post #10 of 23
11/7/09 at 4:15am
I've had a large amount of professional training at the local conservatorium.
Played for probably 16 years.
*snip* changed my mind about a free release of my EP specifically for head-fi *snip*

I've got a MKVI alto and MKVI tenor down at the old house. I havn't been there in ages though so I sort of miss them. I've got a yas32 down at the student housing.

I use a Brilhart Ebolin mouthpiece 3 on the alto and a custom mouthpiece by john thomas on the tenor.

Oh yeah, jazz mostly.
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post #11 of 23
11/7/09 at 11:38pm
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Wow. We have quite a few saxophone players here.

I'm actually using an "Early Babbit" Meyer 6M right now on my Selmer.

Lovin' it.
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post #12 of 23
1/24/10 at 8:11pm
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I decided to cancel it.
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post #13 of 23
1/26/10 at 2:03am
Played alto throughout jr. high and high school. I was in concert, jazz, and marching bands. It was the music that I cherished the most, and some of the people. My music teacher was a real hard@$$, but I haven't met anyone who could match his love for music. I still have my beat up Alpine, which was cheap but it served me fine. One of the seniors at my school had a Selmer Super Action 80 Series II, clear lacquer engraved, which I envied. Didn't have the time to try out a jazz mouthpiece, so I did what I could with a C* and Vandoren 3.5s. It would be fun to pick it up again later on, and get lessons started up again. I had a private teacher who was just smokin' on his Mark VII.
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post #14 of 23
1/26/10 at 2:50am
I particularly like the elevator, or keep it traditional in the bedroom. Oh wait SAX- Fi, sorry disregard what i just said. Awkward...
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post #15 of 23
1/26/10 at 2:58am
Good tenor players are a dime a dozen.

Good alto players can make ya CRY!!

Glad no one is playing the "squeaky toy" (Soprano).

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