zebrafoot
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I just took ownership of a new (to me) sax today. By chance I checked the online stock list of my local shop and they had just listed an ex-demo Bauhaus Walstein tenor (yellow brass) at a very nice price. I went round and had a look and I had to buy it. It (she?) is like new - I think it left the factory or distributor on 2nd of August this year, according to the card in the case, so the person who had it before me can only have played it for a month or two at most. Cosmetically it looks amazing, apart from one small blemish on one of the long rods (sorry, don't know the technical term for this) so I don't think they really played it at all. I'm absolutely delighted with it, not least because I saved myself £100 off list, for an as-new instrument.
The man in the shop kitted me out with a brand new Yamaha mouthpiece (5c) and some suitable reeds and I've given the horn a good blow and it's great. My missus reckons it sounds much better than my friend's Yamaha yts-32, although in fairness that's probably a lot to do with the reed/mouthpiece combination he has and the suitability or not of this for an absolute beginner. I found with the BW I could hit lowish notes (D, C) straight off (at least at first, before I got tired), and could run up to A/B on the octave key no problem (again, until I got tired, when I found I just couldn't maintain the "tightness" of embouchure required for higher notes).
In short, I'm totally over the moon with the new horn and I wanted to say thanks to everyone who contributed to my earlier thread and gave so much useful and encouraging advice.
Finally, I have a small embouchure question - bottom lip; over or in front of the teeth?
Cheers,
Pete
The man in the shop kitted me out with a brand new Yamaha mouthpiece (5c) and some suitable reeds and I've given the horn a good blow and it's great. My missus reckons it sounds much better than my friend's Yamaha yts-32, although in fairness that's probably a lot to do with the reed/mouthpiece combination he has and the suitability or not of this for an absolute beginner. I found with the BW I could hit lowish notes (D, C) straight off (at least at first, before I got tired), and could run up to A/B on the octave key no problem (again, until I got tired, when I found I just couldn't maintain the "tightness" of embouchure required for higher notes).
In short, I'm totally over the moon with the new horn and I wanted to say thanks to everyone who contributed to my earlier thread and gave so much useful and encouraging advice.
Finally, I have a small embouchure question - bottom lip; over or in front of the teeth?
Cheers,
Pete