Beanie
New Member
Sorry for the basic questions, I know nothing about saxophones but my 7 year old son has just started having lessons. After over a year of begging for lessons he is loving it at the moment and is currently borrowing the teacher's alto saxophone.
however, this is far to big and heavy for him, it's pretty much down to his knees and when I asked the teacher what I should be looking for when buying a saxophone he said a curved soprano would be best. Having read some of the posts on here I understand it is not the easiest but the alto is just too big for him and he is desperate to play the saxophone (aside from a desire to play the double bass 😱).
We have a budget of around £200-250 which initially seemed like a lot but having looked it seems like nowhere near enough.
The question is what would you suggest, we're quite happy to go with second hand and in fact I would rather get something a bit better that is secondhand than pay the same amount for a new model that is not as good.
So what would you recommend?
I would like to put out a WANTED add but as a new forum member it seems that I can't until I have a few more posts under my belt so feel free to pm with anything suitable.
Thank you in advance for listening to the ramblings of a newbie.🙂
however, this is far to big and heavy for him, it's pretty much down to his knees and when I asked the teacher what I should be looking for when buying a saxophone he said a curved soprano would be best. Having read some of the posts on here I understand it is not the easiest but the alto is just too big for him and he is desperate to play the saxophone (aside from a desire to play the double bass 😱).
We have a budget of around £200-250 which initially seemed like a lot but having looked it seems like nowhere near enough.
The question is what would you suggest, we're quite happy to go with second hand and in fact I would rather get something a bit better that is secondhand than pay the same amount for a new model that is not as good.
So what would you recommend?
I would like to put out a WANTED add but as a new forum member it seems that I can't until I have a few more posts under my belt so feel free to pm with anything suitable.
Thank you in advance for listening to the ramblings of a newbie.🙂