Beginner Is it safe to play outdoors, perhaps in extreme weather conditions?

[Rogerb]

I used to go out into the countryside and practise in my car, when I was even more awful than I am now....warm, dry and not too anti-social.,
I wonder if Ken.... a long unheard-from member ..... is still practising on his Costa Blanca hillside ....

 

[Saxodent]

If you intend to play out doors then do what lots of professional string players do and buy a cheap instrument just for that purpose.
A £250 sax left out in the rain will still be worth the same .
A Mark VI won't

 

[GCinCT]

A £250 sax left out in the rain will still be worth the same .
A Mark VI won't

But it would still be overpriced.

 

[Saxodent]

Definitely avoid the rain as the pads all swell up and you could drown if it fills up!
That's why our noses are designed that way too ,!

 

[Saxodent]

View: https://youtu.be/EoE-DLiYgrQ

 

[Admitone]

Saxersize

 

[Nick Wyver]

If you intend to play out doors then do what lots of professional string players do and buy a cheap instrument just for that purpose.
A £250 sax left out in the rain will still be worth the same .
A Mark VI won't

My Keilwerth SX90R alto (bought in 2000) has been played in rainstorms and blizzards. It didn't seem to mind (but I did).

 

[jbtsax]

You may want to check the weather forecast before doing so.

 

[Admitone]

Take a look at "Caddyshack" and see if you still want to play in the rain.

 

[Colin the Bear]

View: https://youtu.be/EoE-DLiYgrQ

Should have played La Mer. No imagination some folk.