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So, before taking the two Tenors over to my tutor Dave Plummer ( http://daveplummer.net/ ) this morning I taped over the logos on the bells making them indistinguishable from each other. On arrival I told Dave I may have switched cases, or not, and he started with Sax Number 1.
Number 1.
Dave liked it. Easily playable up and down with bottom notes coming out on even the faintest breath. Good keywork. No problems at all. Yes, really liked this one.
Number 2.
"This is the Carmichael" Dave said on picking it up. "It's a lighter colour and lighter weight than number 1."
Easily playable up and down. Same soft notes attainable. Slightly more even tuning across the range, when tested with an electronic tuner, than number 1.
Final Result.
Dave preferred Number 1 due to the easier keywork, although tuning was a slight shade behind number 2 for evenness.
Number 1 is the Carmichael.
I was hoping the BW would win here, as I'm a brand tart and who's ever heard of Carmichael!?
No such luck. Both seemed almost identical in Dave's hands from a listener's perspective. The BW is a "Bauhaus Walstein" but no "TS-Y" engraving which means it's not a later type, nor is it the earlier "Walstein". it's 3 years old per the seller but had harly been out of its case. The Carmichael is 8 months old. Age or newness could help either way.
So, which one should I keep? I'll have to play them both again and see if there's anything I myself prefer which sways me.
My newest "barn" find, a Grassi 2000 Professional Tenor, will be here Monday and by all accounts should blow the socks off both the asian horns but it's 25 years old and condition unknown so we'll have to wait and see.
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Number 1.
Dave liked it. Easily playable up and down with bottom notes coming out on even the faintest breath. Good keywork. No problems at all. Yes, really liked this one.
Number 2.
"This is the Carmichael" Dave said on picking it up. "It's a lighter colour and lighter weight than number 1."
Easily playable up and down. Same soft notes attainable. Slightly more even tuning across the range, when tested with an electronic tuner, than number 1.
Final Result.
Dave preferred Number 1 due to the easier keywork, although tuning was a slight shade behind number 2 for evenness.
Number 1 is the Carmichael.
I was hoping the BW would win here, as I'm a brand tart and who's ever heard of Carmichael!?
No such luck. Both seemed almost identical in Dave's hands from a listener's perspective. The BW is a "Bauhaus Walstein" but no "TS-Y" engraving which means it's not a later type, nor is it the earlier "Walstein". it's 3 years old per the seller but had harly been out of its case. The Carmichael is 8 months old. Age or newness could help either way.
So, which one should I keep? I'll have to play them both again and see if there's anything I myself prefer which sways me.
My newest "barn" find, a Grassi 2000 Professional Tenor, will be here Monday and by all accounts should blow the socks off both the asian horns but it's 25 years old and condition unknown so we'll have to wait and see.
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