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...ause of my fingers I have difficulty reaching the low B flat key. On the Jupiter tenor I don't have these problems and since I cant conveniently try a Keilwerth tenor I am thinking that all tenors m...
...t bought the instrument last month. I use it for the study of classical music. I have been having lots of problems with having an airy tone. It has diminished my tone quality tremendously. I feel th...
...g time and have rented a 'century' alto, this is a Taiwanese copy of a Selmer mark VI. I am having a lot of problems playing high 'D' try as I may I am not able to come up with a sound other than a sq...
... on my tenors: Love the sound, love the control, but in a big-band section work I'm having some real tuning problems, playing sharp, in the upper register... let's say above the top line of the stave....
As a relative beginner (5 mos) one of my biggest frustrations is proper development of a reed. My reeds tend to rapidly waterlog and I'm wondering if there is some sort of better preparation I can uti
...e rest of the horn flat! I checked the horn, thinking that perhaps a key was playing up but could find no problems. That left the finger of suspicion pointing at the reed - so I changed it. Problem ...
...eek I got a brand new bari sax to start playing.....but OH MY is it heavy ...and I already have severe neck problems. Does anyone have any suggestions for playing one while standing up...any way to di...
I play a SA80 Mk1 alto, and have always had problems getting a solid sound below Eb. After a thorough overhaul by the great Willie Garnett (in the course of which he had to push out a dent around the
I just purchased a brand new Yanagisawa A-9930 and have been having problems sustaining high G without a growl. I am using a Yanagisawa #5 mouthpiece which came with the instrument. In my search for a
I have some guitar playing friends sending original songs via mp3s over the internet. I have had problems playing anything close to what they are envisioning with my alto and bari saxes. I read music
...octave key. Other problem is that the Eb key guard was deformed and the key cannot be opened. These are the problems with a dishonest seller. Does anybody recommend good repair shop around Detroit-Ann...
...trouble carrying altos and tenors onto airplanes. I also found messages from just after Sept. 11 describing problems (and predicting the demise of all carry-on luggage entirely). So from those of yo...
...igtime. it is not a sticky pad on the G# or any other key, - i can tell that definately what is causing the problems, is that this bar must have been bent out of alignment somehow and is now too close...
...e. Are these quality instruments? They seem to be priced right and it is an old company but I want to avoid problems like so many of the Chinese saxes have. Any comments please? Thanks, David...
...ally get them, fifth harmonics is still almost impossible for me, so far. Anyway, my question: I'm having problems identifying what exactly to change in my embouchure or air stream or whatever to ma...
... separate which of those quirks are most likely to be due to: * Something I'm doing wrong, * Repair-level problems (e.g., due to not-easily-visible damage in shipment), or * Inherent difficulties in...
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