Introduction Hello from South Dakota!

[NINEv2]

Hello everyone! First time poster, long time lurker. I'm a hobby sax player who's been playing again for a little over a year now after a 25 year layoff. I'm a former high school player who dabbled in the jazz groups but stuck mostly with classical music. Until my home was robbed and my dearly missed Buffet Expression alto was stolen, and I switched to guitar. I'm now playing a Conn-Selmer AS42 in silver plate and really enjoy the mellow, darker sound that I'm getting. I also have an Antigua soprano that I love just messing around on. I'm sporadically on another sax forum, but I should probably limit my time here and there as I suffer from a pretty extreme case of gear acquisition syndrome and I really, REALLY don't need a tenor 🙂

As far as musical interests I'm a bit of a metalhead and classic rock enthusiast. Alice in Chains, Ghost, etc... Some of the darker bluegrass is making inroads on my playlist, and I'm still a sucker for Cab Calloway. And the classic symphonic pieces too of course. Particularly Corelli, and most things baroque.

I'm a geologist in my every day life, and the time demands keep my playing limited to a couple times a week at most. I'm also teaching my wife how to play. She suffers from MS, and the fine motor control, coordinated movements, and hand eye coordination needed to play sax make excellent physical therapy for her.

Looking forward to chatting with y'all!

 

[rhysonsax]

Welcome to the Caff.

That Buffet Expression is the Keilwerth-made model that is basically a SX90 and a top professional instrument. I have an alto that isn't marked "Expression" but is just the same.

My daughter was living in South Dakota last year (Deadwood and Lead) as part of her PhD because the physics experiment is down an old gold mine to shield the detectors from Cosmic rays. She loved her time in SD.

Rhys

 

[Jeanette]

Welcome to the café and back to sax.

Jx

 

[NINEv2]

Welcome to the Caff.

That Buffet Expression is the Keilwerth-made model that is basically a SX90 and a top professional instrument. I have an alto that isn't marked "Expression" but is just the same.

My daughter was living in South Dakota last year (Deadwood and Lead) as part of her PhD because the physics experiment is down an old gold mine to shield the detectors from Cosmic rays. She loved her time in SD.

Rhys

I work right next to the mine in Lead. Might've even met her during the various show and tell tours we give.

And oddly enough I grew up near Fermilab. Small world!

 

[rhysonsax]

I work right next to the mine in Lead. Might've even met her during the various show and tell tours we give.

And oddly enough I grew up near Fermilab. Small world!

She spent about two days a week down the mine at the LZ experiment. And a lot of time in various bars in Lead and Deadwood. Weekends were good with lots of trips to the wonderful National Parks in reach from Lead.

She also went to Berkeley and found a huge difference in culture between SD and CA ! Her brother and I joined her for a road trip in CA but didn't make it to SD.

Small world indeed !

Rhys

 

[NINEv2]

She spent about two days a week down the mine at the LZ experiment. And a lot of time in various bars in Lead and Deadwood. Weekends were good with lots of trips to the wonderful National Parks in reach from Lead.

She also went to Berkeley and found a huge difference in culture between SD and CA ! Her brother and I joined her for a road trip in CA but didn't make it to SD.

Small world indeed !

Rhys

She may have enjoy a few at Dakota Shivers Brewing.

Yeah, SD is... very different from where I grew up. I very much appreciate the open spaces, lack of people, and access to nature. Some of the other things? Not so much.

 

[NINEv2]

Welcome to the café and back to sax.

Jx

And thanks! Finally got around to the intro.

 

[ESJohn]

Welcome to SD from OH!
One of the altos in our band is a lady that deals with Parkinson's. Playing the sax gives her much enjoyment!
You're a good man to care for your wife in such a way!

 

[rhysonsax]

She may have enjoy a few at Dakota Shivers Brewing.

I asked her just now and she mentioned:

• Greenfields (her main karaoke bar)
• Shivers (a lot)
• Sawyers
• Jacobs in Deadwood (she is a vegan)
• Stardust (before it closed down)

She says she may have met you as "it was always the same people in the bars" !

Rhys

 

[NINEv2]

Ha! No, my bar hoppin' days are over. A few years back I was a semi-regular at Flannigan's in Spearfish but alas, no longer.

 

[andyjb]

Welcome. Everyone needs a tenor. It's the law....you know it makes sense!!!

 

[NINEv2]

You're a good man to care for your wife in such a way!

She has it bad enough, she married me! XD

Welcome. Everyone needs a tenor. It's the law....you know it makes sense!!!

I'm low-key on the prowl. 2ndending has a few 16Ms I'm inquiring about. Might consider a Yamaha 21/23 or stencil if the price is right.