Alright, let's see them

[onecat]

Thomsax wrote:
Are the Waldsteins flexible when it comes to mouthpieces?

One Cat - I listened to your YouTube sound clip and both you and your sax sounds great. I'm guessing the Chinese saxes will be a hard competion for some manufactors. The Indiana from the mid 50's and later were infact a Committee I. The Martin factory retooled and sold the saxes as a secondline horn under the Indiana brand. Same bore and toneholes placement. Of course without nickel-silver keys.

Thomas

Thanks, but thats my Yani A901 I was playing in that clip. I have yet to post me playing the Wally. I know a little about the secondline Martins... I loved mine, but I sold it to help pay for the Wally. I have only tried one mouthpiece on it so far, listed in my sig, but I think it might do well with something a little brighter? I may experiment more when I can...

 

[Col9]

Thomsax wrote:
Are the Waldsteins flexible when it comes to mouthpieces?



Thomas

The mouthpiece pictured is a Jody Jazz Classic with a 2s jazz select reed. To be honest I'm struggling with it its a bit hard to control, although it sounds great. The standard mp is really good, you just have to breathe into it to get it to sing, but it lacks a bit of depth perhaps.

Bob ,no its not a washboard lol. Its some corrugated cardboard that my 5yr old son put there to keep spies out of the living room !?

Col.

 

[losaavedra]

Nothing special about this baby, except that I absolutely love it! New with accessories and case via 125 quid 'won bid' from eBay at Xmas ('Buy Now' from same supplier in Cologne would have been around 190 quid). Badged as 'Eastman' which probably indicates Chinese manufacturer. Can't fault it though. Only been playing sax for about 9 weeks and can already get all the notes out of it up to around alt D concert ... so only another half dozen to reach!

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k56/losaavedra/MUSIC/EastmanAlto.jpg

 

[onecat]

daveq wrote:

looks nice and solid with those nickel keys, and I like the tone of the older Yanis more than the new ones (comparing T-5 to A901,) and it is close to the sound of a good Mark VI ime. Good deal.

 

[onecat]

Col9 wrote:

Thomsax wrote:
Are the Waldsteins flexible when it comes to mouthpieces?



Thomas

The mouthpiece pictured is a Jody Jazz Classic with a 2s jazz select reed. To be honest I'm struggling with it its a bit hard to control, although it sounds great. The standard mp is really good, you just have to breathe into it to get it to sing, but it lacks a bit of depth perhaps.

Bob ,no its not a washboard lol. Its some corrugated cardboard that my 5yr old son put there to keep spies out of the living room !?

Col.

hi Col, I also had trouble with the octave mechanism of my Walstein alto and found the action to be set up a bit stiff. After lightening the springs considerably on the action, having the leaks fixed, and also having the tech look at the octave mechanism (which was getting stuck.) everything is playing very nicely for me. It is a wider bore horn than my Yani so a little more air support is needed for the low notes but it is a fine player overall. And yes, it sounds great.

My Walstein did not play perfectly for me when brand new, but it was worth it to keep working on it and sort out the issues.

EDIT: I played a gig for 2 hours recently and everything went fine, but very occasionally I had some trouble with the octave mechanism, yes it's a tad heavy and takes a bit extra pressure sometimes, but this has big no big issue after the tech worked on it.

 

[u_can_call_me_al]

Have just found a clip on youtube of a Leblanc like mine Which has "Funny fingerings".

I try not to use them and only play conventional fingerings as it gets confusing when I switch to my sop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU3MVYQASBs

 

[jambo]

Hey AL,

I love your signature lol

 

[lee_allen]

Nice video!

 

[Taz]

OneCat wrote:

I hate to point this out OneCat, er..theres a dog stuck in you sax :laugh:

 

[Linky Lee]

I bet she plays like a ....

no, I can't say that.

 

[peter_fitton]

Linky wrote:
I bet she plays like a ....

no, I can't say that.

Lol Linky.

That takes sax muting to a whole new level, One Cat.

Peter

 

[Pete Thomas]

The bauhaus alto:

 

[Pauline]

WOW! how gorgeous is that?!!

 

[spike]

Pete - what's that flat metal guard/key thingy to the left of the LH3 key or did you drop your tie clip?

why did they call it "bauhaus" ?

 

[Col9]

That looks amazing, pearls look great. Roll on August.

Col.

 

[Linky Lee]

I'd personally have to change those pearls for some standard mother of pearl ones. I've never got on with that finish. The rest of the sax look great though!
Definately someting for me to look at when I'm back at uni.

 

[Smiffy]

My jupiter 769 Alto

Large photo here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smiffy7/2661449573/sizes/l/

 

[greg_strange]

Hi Smiffy,

Your Jupiter alto looks a nice horn.
Happy blowing and keep on practicing.

Regards,
Greg Strange.

 

[Smiffy]

Greg Strange wrote:
Hi Smiffy,

Your Jupiter alto looks a nice horn.
Happy blowing and keep on practicing.

Regards,
Greg Strange.

Hi Greg and Thank you


The number on it indicates it was made in 2000, It was not played a lot or very well looked after

 

[greg_strange]

Hi Smiffy,

You can't complain about paying 200 quid for the alto. Looks a nice clean, well maintained horn. It appears in the UK you guys can pick up some good deals at favourable prices, not like NZ. I suppose with the population of the UK something like 60 million people and NZ with a population of just over 4 million people, you will always have a good supply of good 2nd hand horns in the UK.
Regards,
Greg Strange.