Accessories Clean your sax with the new Airswab

[Ivan]

their wonderful reinvention of the hair dryer

De-inventention?

Given that hairdryers can warm the air they blow

 

[turf3]

So this thing blows all the liquid, dust, debris all over the place? All righty then.

For the person with more money than sense.

 

[mizmar]

So this thing blows all the liquid, dust, debris all over the place? All righty then.

No need to have a go at trombones as well.

 

[Targa]

For the person with more money than sense.

Thought that was the definition of a BMW.

 

[Ghr9204]

Thought that was the definition of a BMW.

I thought this was also a good description of my 2001 Kawasaki ZG1200 Voyager XII touring motorcycle. I roll the throttle and watch the cars behind me disappear. (Road and Track magazine clocked the quarter mile in12.6 seconds off the showroom floor, 96 HP.)

But seriously, I've got already enough stuff in my tenor case, don't even resort to my tuner. If someone gifted me it, I'd probably retain all the wrappings and gift it to another on their birthday. I think of it as a perpetual loaf of fruitcake.

 

[Stephen Howard]

I wonder why they didn't send me one for review.

Oh, I know why...

 

[h4yn0nnym0u5e]

If we club together to get you one to review, will you do it? Thoroughly, taking each claim in the blurb and fact checking it?

I’d chip in a tenner…

 

[Stephen Howard]

If we club together to get you one to review, will you do it? Thoroughly, taking each claim in the blurb and fact checking it?

I’d chip in a tenner…

It's what I like to think I do.

 

[Pete Thomas]

I wonder why they didn't send me one for review

Presumably same reason they (different they) refused to send me a Klangbogen for review.

 

[Ivan]

Presumably same reason they (different they) refused to send me a Klangbogen for review.

Your not saying Klangbogens don't work

Next you'll be making out there's no Santa

 

[Pete Thomas]

Your not saying Klangbogens don't work

I’m absolutely not. I haven’t tried one so am not in a position to say. I won’t say it will or won’t work without testing one.

 

[nigeld]

Your not saying Klangbogens don't work

I haven’t tried one so am not in a position to say. I won’t say it will or won’t work without testing one.

You are saying that you want facts before expressing an opinion!
Where’s the fun in that?

 

[Pete Effamy]

For a more fun review, may I suggest the ever amusing earspasm?

View: https://youtu.be/ekwiBmfdO6w

It's Xmas.. I was curious as to how silly the review video was...

He keeps talking about "spit in the tone holes".. I always thought that spit just stays on the back of the reed and all the water down the instrument was, well, water - condensation.

?

 

[Pete Effamy]

View: https://youtu.be/ViB8REIF6Lg?si=RaeIkbsBcLSmKUZp

Ah, I get it now. It's "satisfying to hold".

"it's life Jim, but not as we know it".

 

[Pete Thomas]

spit in the tone holes

You shouldn't say things like that, such phrases give me that annoying earworm

Everybody: (to the tune of Guantanamera)

Spit in the tone holes,
You've got to spit in the tone holes.
Spit in the to-ne holes,
Oh yes you spit in the tone holes.

 

[Pete Effamy]

You shouldn't say things like that, such phrases give me that annoying earworm

Everybody: (to the tune of Guantanamera)

Spit in the tone holes,
You've got to spit in the tone holes.
Spit in the to-ne holes,
Oh yes you spit in the tone holes.

Ah yes.. for me, the original tune and lyric was ear worm enough

 

[Ghr9204]

He keeps talking about "spit in the tone holes".. I always thought that spit just stays on the back of the reed and all the water down the instrument was, well, water - condensation.

I thought the same, too.

Some years back I was "bell ringing" at a Salvation Army donation kettle outdoors in front of a department store with my bari sax, shift from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. It was snow flurries and humidity near 100%. Temps were around 35°F (2°C). (I wore my motorcycle overpants and jacket with liner and sweat top underneath, snow boots and gloves, and a Vietnam War era padded helmet liner to stay warm - worked like a charm.)

My bari sax was heavily collecting water moisture from my breath, outdoor temperature was below dewpoint. About every 20 - 30 minutes of play (I played A Capella with only a brief stop between caroling songs,) I would step aside to the curb away from foot entrance traffic and pour out from a couple tablespoons to a quarter cup of condensate.

That was not spit but I did it away from people to not "gross" them out. 😱

At home, after draining and wiping down my horn, I placed it exposed on a stand in the livingroom, so it could fully air dry before storing. This is IMO more thorough drying than trusting that electronic doohickey.

 

[Nick Wyver]

I thought the same, too.

Some years back I was "bell ringing" at a Salvation Army donation kettle outdoors in front of a department store with my bari sax, shift from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. It was snow flurries and humidity near 100%. Temps were around 35°F (2°C). (I wore my motorcycle overpants and jacket with liner and sweat top underneath, snow boots and gloves, and a Vietnam War era padded helmet liner to stay warm - worked like a charm.)

My bari sax was heavily collecting water moisture from my breath, outdoor temperature was below dewpoint. About every 20 - 30 minutes of play (I played A Capella with only a brief stop between caroling songs,) I would step aside to the curb away from foot entrance traffic and pour out from a couple tablespoons to a quarter cup of condensate.

That was not spit but I did it away from people to not "gross" them out. 😱

At home, after draining and wiping down my horn, I placed it exposed on a stand in the livingroom, so it could fully air dry before storing. This is IMO more thorough drying than trusting that electronic doohickey.

How did you play in tune?

 

[Pete Effamy]

How did you play in tune?

It’s grim isn’t it. I played a cold festival in Scotland in September - I don’t think it was that low a temperature, maybe 8C but windy - but blowing into a cold instrument that mostly refuses to warm up isn’t nice.

 

[Pete Effamy]

Ah, I get it now. It's "satisfying to hold".

"it's life Jim, but not as we know it".

Come on, where are you Trekkies?!