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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JayeNM" data-source="post: 414973" data-attributes="member: 4504">Here's the thing, here: What is "out of tune" to you ? Because threads on intonation, can go for pages before the OP actually specifies this...and it is important.Some folks sorta obsess on their electronic tuner device.  So, IMHO, if you are talking about a horn which has a variance of like...30 cents up and down....THIS is one thing. THis can be improved upon by the choice of horn.But if, by your definition, 'poor intonation' = ohhhhhhh, 10-15 cents variance up and down....then you need to shift your expectations. Because (as others have intimated), you may be thinking the piece of hardware is the primary answer to your concerns.If you returned that Alto which had 1/3 of it's notes at, say, only a 12-15 cents variance across the registers...brooother, there was nothing wrong with that horn which a couple of weeks of playing it (and perhaps trying 3 or 4 mouthpieces) wouldn't have very likely resolved. If the variance, again, was like a consistent 25+ cents, then that's a different thing...So, if you have a soprano which has a 10-15 cents variance up and down - and saaaaay, even a couple notes on it actually hit 20 cents variance....I think most sax players would say such a sop does NOT have bad or challenging intonation, actually....</blockquote>