Introduction Hello from Ipswich, Suffolk UK

[philiphd77]

Hi from Ipswich, Suffolk, UK.
I play Sop, Alto, Tenor and a bit of Bari. Also keys, percussion and limited drums. And Clarinet (but I'd have to look for it).
Recently taken early retirement and one of the things I'm doing is stepping up Saxophone playing. Looking for opportunities to gig more (in addition to local outfit Phoenix Jazz and the occasional open mic).
An exciting part of early retirement will be the slow and delicious search for replacements for my Sop and Alto, plus possibly my SA80 MK1 Tenor.
The Sop is an interesting story. It was being sold locally for £90, so I didn't expect much. It's a Boosey & Hawkes import 'Powertone'. My local repairman Steve Lock did the main rescue job and I'm learning to maintain / adjust on it.
Looking forward to joining in the chat here 😀
Phil.

 

[Jeanette]

Welcome to the café and early retirement
🙂

Jx

 

[Pete Thomas]

Hello Philip and welcome to the Café

 

[rhysonsax]

Welcome to the Caff.

Rhys

 

[Ghr9204]

Welcome to the Cáfe, Phil. Sounds like you have a nice playing venue lining up.

Similar to you, I also took an early retirement 13 years ago, filled the void practising and playing my saxes, do keys also and ukulele. The stash has grown to all the saxes (SATB), several clarinets including an Eb sopranino.

I too managed upon a new apparently intermediate grade, Venus straight soprano sax a decade ago for only $219 US, love the sound of it. (Started on clarinet in 1965, so it came natural. Researching on-line found this Chinese sax to have favourable review comments.)

Regarding Boosey & Hawkes, I have two Edgware Bb soprano clarinets.

Welcome again and look forward to your posts.

 

[MikeMorrell]

Welcome to the cafe!

Ir's great that you now have more time for playing sax.

 

[Tenor Viol]

Hi welcome.

 

[peedeeblues]

Congratulations on your retirement! Sounds (pun intended) like you have plenty to do!
Welcome to the cafe.