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Tech/maintenance F# and below just won't stay in the low octave

I have been playing Saxophone for a decent amount of time and would say I have a relatively full sound all over the Tenor Sax's range. However, if I begin to blow starting on any note below low F# (it seems to me, any note involving the F key) the tone begins at the octave above and, with an...
- xav
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- May 4, 2019
- leak problem technique
- Replies: 6
- Forum: 🎷 Saxophones: gear, playing, repair, impro 🎷
Tech/maintenance Let it Leak

Until now I didn't know the people playing leaky saxes can accept that low D to Bb are unplayable and simply not bother with them Just been chatting to Bryce Ferguson. Sax Tech Extraordinary, Edinburgh The customer before me had mouthpiece issues which Bryce tidied up but the customer was...
- Ivan
- Thread
- May 3, 2019
- leak problem
- Replies: 28
- Forum: 🎷 Saxophones: gear, playing, repair, impro 🎷
Tech/maintenance I've been told I have a screw loose...

...and it was true! My Reference 36 tenor was leaking because a screw had worked its way almost all the way out of an upper stack post. I bought a leak light last year but had not used it. To be honest, I forgot I had it until I was organizing some stuff recently. A couple of months previous...
- twowheels
- Thread
- Jul 3, 2018
- leak leak light leak problem
- Replies: 11
- Forum: 🎷 Saxophones: gear, playing, repair, impro 🎷
Tech/maintenance Bari Gotta Leak

Playing bari this evening and struggled with low left hand notes...it felt like the octave key was open...but both octave keys were behaving themselves I'd just been playing tenor, so I thought my embouchure might be at fault... but despite various adjustments to embouchure and a change of...
- Ivan
- Thread
- Oct 24, 2017
- leak problem
- Replies: 12
- Forum: 🎷 Saxophones: gear, playing, repair, impro 🎷
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Tech/maintenance Baritone second octave response issue + cause

I had a very efficient interaction with the incomparable Steve Howard regarding a problem of second octave response. After a (not-so-competent) repair of my YBS-62 by a local repair guy, my second octave had the following problems: - mid D had a strong tendency to jump up to A - a pronounced...
- vries1
- Thread
- Jul 22, 2017
- baritone leak problem octave
- Replies: 12
- Forum: 🎷 Saxophones: gear, playing, repair, impro 🎷
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Tech/maintenance Hot / Cold causing leaks?

Please help. I'm going broke bring my Son's Tenor Sax to the repair man. My son has been playing since 5th grade, so for his freshman year I bought him a used Armtrong 3055T. When we received it I had to bring it to get it tuned up. It had some leaks and needed adjustment. It seems now I'm...
- rschoolm
- Thread
- Mar 13, 2017
- leak problem
- Replies: 5
- Forum: 🎷 Saxophones: gear, playing, repair, impro 🎷
Tech/maintenance low C# not sounding

Picked up my cheap sop and the low C and D are sounding fine. Low C# B and Bb are just not having any of it. any ideas on which pad might be causing the problem? thanks!
- fibracell
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- Aug 7, 2016
- leak problem
- Replies: 6
- Forum: 🎷 Saxophones: gear, playing, repair, impro 🎷