Saxophones Christmas pressie

[jonf]

The neck for a start !

Rhys

It does loook a little tenor-ish, exacerbated in this pic by the m/p hanging off the end. Here's another of them

 

[nigeld]

and the pads look bad.

 

[DavidUK]

I saw that and thought Orsi or Borgani, then moved on...

 

[Hankenstine]

Weltklang for £950:

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[jonf]

Weltklang for £950:

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Looks nice, but alas it's a nine hour round trip from my house. A bit far. Thanks for posting anyway.

 

[Jules]

Looks nice, but alas it's a nine hour round trip from my house. A bit far. Thanks for posting anyway.

How could you resist a day out in Grimsby!

 

[jonf]

I saw that and thought Orsi or Borgani, then moved on...

I think you may be right, a Borgani. Hmm.

 

[Clivey]

Absolutely no chance of getting it over the next month but perhaps in these times it's nice to have something to look forward to.
There's a huge variety of prices and quality on these sites. but most folks agree that when / if they manage to get a "goodun" the cheese factor goes off the scale.
I myself have bought 2 excellent instruments in the last 2 years. It's not for everyone though.

Great fun to be had just trawling through the ads even if you ain't a buyer

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/4000011149576.html

 

[thomsax]

Thomann LowJazz L Baritone to low Bb. I played one the other year and it was good. Nice clean baritone voice. Not as big as Conn 12M or The Martin Baritone ...... . No low A key. Most guys prefer low A baris.

 

[Wonko]

Looks nice, but alas it's a nine hour round trip from my house. A bit far. Thanks for posting anyway.

You have to be prepared to put in some effort if you want to get a bargain bari.

Almost 2 years ago I went to Aberdeen to get my bari (Stephanhouser, a real bargain), a 2700 km round trip from Belgium.
We made it into a family holiday, and discovered the amazing natural beauty and hospitality of Schotland. So that was an added bonus

 

[Jules]

No low A key. Most guys prefer low A baris.

For R&B I've always preferred a low Bb bari. They feel to have more guts to me

 

[Hankenstine]

No low A key. Most guys prefer low A baris.

I wouldn't say that. Low A is more common in commercial music (pop/funk/soul etc...) but it seems a lot of jazz baritone players prefer low Bb horns for their sound.

 

[jonf]

For R&B I've always preferred a low Bb bari. They feel to have more guts to me

I remember Gary Smulyan at your shop saying how much he prefers low Bb baris. I do like the full resonance of the low A note, though.

 

[MMM]

I remember Gary Smulyan at your shop saying how much he prefers low Bb baris. I do like the full resonance of the low A note, though.

There's only answer: you need one of each!

 

[DavidUK]

Hmmm... anyone tried one?...

Zetland Baritone Saxophone

headwindmusic.co.uk

 

[thomsax]

For R&B I've always preferred a low Bb bari. They feel to have more guts to me

I also prefer a low Bb bar. But on the other I've just owned one low A bari. A welklang from the 70's. Not bad but a more bassonlike tone comaped to my Martin.

Listen to my sax hero David Woodford opionion about low Bb vs low A, Woody is on a Dukoff D chamber as well. Woodford laid down his saxes for some years ago.

View: https://youtu.be/_0arR_sTX0k

 

[nigeld]

Hmmm... anyone tried one?...

Zetland Baritone Saxophone

headwindmusic.co.uk

My local shop, but I haven’t tried their own-brand instruments.
They also sell a bass saxophone

 

[Colin the Bear]

Hmmm... anyone tried one?...

Zetland Baritone Saxophone

headwindmusic.co.uk

It looks exactly the same as the Startone and the Sakkusu. Perhaps they're all buying from the same factory?

 

[jonf]

It looks exactly the same as the Startone and the Sakkusu. Perhaps they're all buying from the same factory?

Or different factories all making saxes from the same design?

 

[Clivey]

Or different factories all making saxes from the same design?

Assembling machines from common parts. So basically the same machine but with lots of potential for variation.
I noticed this first in the naughties when I was getting cloned 50 cc water cooled engines in from China at a tenth of the price of the Italian ones. All parts were interchangeable and the cloned engine workshop manual was basically a counterfeit of the Italian manual.

The assembly and far more relevantly the setup ,which will probably involve crucial bending and manipulation of the adjustment materials , of a Saxophone is a skilled operation. If a Chinese saxophone is assembled and tested by operatives that are more experienced and skilled simply due to the high numbers passing through their hands then there is a high probability that a sax assembled by them will perform as well as/ better than one assembled elsewhere by operatives that although also highly skilled may not work on as many .