I am wondering if there are any short term remedies that won't cause any damage.
The sax is new to me and I intend ringing the dealer tomorrow, but I have no chance of getting it back there and two small gigs this week where I'd like to play the new machine! It's not vital as I still have my original sax.
The pad seemed to be sticking and have a pronounced dent in it and I then noticed some play in the pivot mostly in the vertical plane. I've moistened the pad and cleaned it. Causing a modest improvement.
However it doesn't reseat cleanly, after opening on A or higher notes, meaning that the tone of the sax is affected and struggle to get low notes. Pressing on the pad reseats it and low notes are fine. I'm not convinced this is the only leak and would be grateful for any checks to perform. I have looked at Stephen Howard's website.
The sax played fine in the shop and on 3 occasions since. After getting it out of the case (no knocks or anything) I discovered the above problem.
Many thanks
Bax
The sax is new to me and I intend ringing the dealer tomorrow, but I have no chance of getting it back there and two small gigs this week where I'd like to play the new machine! It's not vital as I still have my original sax.
The pad seemed to be sticking and have a pronounced dent in it and I then noticed some play in the pivot mostly in the vertical plane. I've moistened the pad and cleaned it. Causing a modest improvement.
However it doesn't reseat cleanly, after opening on A or higher notes, meaning that the tone of the sax is affected and struggle to get low notes. Pressing on the pad reseats it and low notes are fine. I'm not convinced this is the only leak and would be grateful for any checks to perform. I have looked at Stephen Howard's website.
The sax played fine in the shop and on 3 occasions since. After getting it out of the case (no knocks or anything) I discovered the above problem.
Many thanks
Bax