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Im thinking about bying a cheap chinese alto?
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<blockquote data-quote="Linky Lee" data-source="post: 577343" data-attributes="member: 15"><p>I myself have a Selmer prelude tenor saxophone. </p><p>All i can say is how fabulous it is! </p><p></p><p>If the alto holds true to the Tenor then:</p><p></p><p>Intonation: this impressed me, with minimal work the sax plays true throughout the 3 octaves I can get from a sax consistently. Mine was slightly flat around the bottom B and Bb and the D seemed to want to go slightly sharp but nothing large enough to warrant concern.</p><p></p><p>Mechanics: a little bit loud, and slightly clunky but they do feel in the right place for a modern horn, and open and close smoothly without any silly bending or delays. You can tell it's not pro but it's certainly good, especially for the price.</p><p></p><p>Tone: at first I thought it was too bright for my liking (most modern horns are brighter nowadays). Once I got used to playing it and started being able to get the best out of the mouthpiece supplied I can make the sax quite warm and is really starting to hit deep getting me more and more into my tenor as each day passes (I'm now going to upgrade to a pro horn in March). The tone gets a bit thin up around the palm keys unless you really keep that support going strong. It's workable but again you can tell it's not a pro horn but still great for the price.</p><p></p><p>Everything else: The case is nice, well sized and seems to work a treat with a decent sized pocket inside for storing things. </p><p></p><p>The big negative: The mouthpiece is awful. utterly awful.</p><p>It isn't branded and that's most likely because the company are ashamed of the product <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2064%2064%22%3E%3Ctext%20x%3D%2250%25%22%20y%3D%2250%25%22%20text-anchor%3D%22middle%22%20dominant-baseline%3D%22central%22%20font-size%3D%2254%22%3E%F0%9F%98%9B%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="22" height="22" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> it's incredibly soft and is nasty to play on. is quite resistive and doesn't react well to subtle differences in playing like a better mouthpiece does. Upgrade ASAP. unfortunately I can't fund an upgrade yet. I'll be waiting for a Christmas present. </p><p> - that would be a Jody Jazz HR with a large tip opening extra rich generous forum members ;P</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Linky Lee, post: 577343, member: 15"] I myself have a Selmer prelude tenor saxophone. All i can say is how fabulous it is! If the alto holds true to the Tenor then: Intonation: this impressed me, with minimal work the sax plays true throughout the 3 octaves I can get from a sax consistently. Mine was slightly flat around the bottom B and Bb and the D seemed to want to go slightly sharp but nothing large enough to warrant concern. Mechanics: a little bit loud, and slightly clunky but they do feel in the right place for a modern horn, and open and close smoothly without any silly bending or delays. You can tell it's not pro but it's certainly good, especially for the price. Tone: at first I thought it was too bright for my liking (most modern horns are brighter nowadays). Once I got used to playing it and started being able to get the best out of the mouthpiece supplied I can make the sax quite warm and is really starting to hit deep getting me more and more into my tenor as each day passes (I'm now going to upgrade to a pro horn in March). The tone gets a bit thin up around the palm keys unless you really keep that support going strong. It's workable but again you can tell it's not a pro horn but still great for the price. Everything else: The case is nice, well sized and seems to work a treat with a decent sized pocket inside for storing things. The big negative: The mouthpiece is awful. utterly awful. It isn't branded and that's most likely because the company are ashamed of the product :p it's incredibly soft and is nasty to play on. is quite resistive and doesn't react well to subtle differences in playing like a better mouthpiece does. Upgrade ASAP. unfortunately I can't fund an upgrade yet. I'll be waiting for a Christmas present. - that would be a Jody Jazz HR with a large tip opening extra rich generous forum members ;P [/QUOTE]
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