I'm in the process of restoring a 1924 Buescher C-Melody sax. It was kind of working before I started although with a few rough edges shall we say. I fitted it with a full set of Music Medic soft tan pads, just dry-fit initially to make sure I'd got it all right. I've had to do a bit of re-corking/padding and regulation to get it light-tight.
So now it is reluctant to produce proper sounds below low-G and simply blows D,E,F etc on the upper octave. Everything above low-G works correctly including palm keys. It has a swan-neck (tenor-style) and when trying the Selmer tenor mp or the supplied Bundy, or the custom Earlham mp or Link NY metal from my tenor sax nothing solves the problem; the Selmer worked fine originally. I use Rico Royals on all my saxes and recently upped my alto from 2.0 to No2.5; tried Rico 2, 2.5 and some 3.0 I just got in from InternetReeds but nothing actually fixes the issue, just variations on a theme! It's as if I can't get enough air going down the tube.
I've done a 1 to 1 comparison of key/cup actions with my alto to make sure I've not re-assembled the Buescher properly but I can't find anything un-toward...... any suggestions..... it must be something obvious that I can't see?
So now it is reluctant to produce proper sounds below low-G and simply blows D,E,F etc on the upper octave. Everything above low-G works correctly including palm keys. It has a swan-neck (tenor-style) and when trying the Selmer tenor mp or the supplied Bundy, or the custom Earlham mp or Link NY metal from my tenor sax nothing solves the problem; the Selmer worked fine originally. I use Rico Royals on all my saxes and recently upped my alto from 2.0 to No2.5; tried Rico 2, 2.5 and some 3.0 I just got in from InternetReeds but nothing actually fixes the issue, just variations on a theme! It's as if I can't get enough air going down the tube.
I've done a 1 to 1 comparison of key/cup actions with my alto to make sure I've not re-assembled the Buescher properly but I can't find anything un-toward...... any suggestions..... it must be something obvious that I can't see?