Introduction Ringing the Bell ! Hello from VA.

[saxu4euh]

Hello all,
Saxu4euh here. . .Sax newcomer/late bloomer(55). Always wanted to play, just never made the time. Working on tenor, alto and soprano. Typically the soprano (curved) on trips since it travels easily. Playing Selmer Mark VI tenor and alto. Also have several Cannonball's BBGS and the new Stone series. Even have an old Conn C-Melody.

Wide variety of music flavor, all the established standards plus many of the new jazz lions: Andy Snitzer, Jeff Kashiwa, Alfonzo Blackwell, Mindi Abair, etc. . . .

Thanks for the site and the resources.
Saxu4euh.

 

[Bobby G]

Hi Larry and welcome to the forum from Welwyn in the UK. Have fun with all those horns! I have a similar collection, a curved soprano is a lovely thing 😉

What's your main one?

Cheers, Bob

 

[saxu4euh]

Thanks Bob,
My newest addition (2 weeks with me) and current favorite is a Mk6 ('72) alto silver plated, no engraving. As tight and smooth as any new sax I have had the pleasure of holding, seems to think a half step ahead of me. Whoever had it, trained it well. Use a Runyon metal (silver plated) mouthpiece #6 with a Vandoren V16 (2 1/2) reed.

While traveling (business), I play a Cannonball curved soprano - Mad Meg. Otto Link HR mouthpiece. "Meg" has the sweetest disposition, other than her sticky G#. Hard to find any faults.

How about you?

Saxu4euh

 

[Bobby G]

Mainly playing alto, I have a YAS-62 which I love, with a Selmer Soloist mpc and Rico Jazz Select 3S or Royals 2.5. Also have a Yani 900 Tenor with a Vandoren Jumbo Java mpc and RJS 2M or Royal 2.5, and my baby, a Artemis curved soprano with Yam 4c mpc and Rico Royal 2M reeds. The alto and soprano go everywhere with me, I'm a mobile service engineer so I get the opportunity to do a lot of playing while sitting in the car. I'm 50, been playing 2.5 years, and was a guitar and bass player for 35 years before that. Switching to saxophone was a good move!

Cheers, Bob

 

[ken]

Hello Saxu4euh. Greetings and welcome to the forum.

 

[griff136]

Hi saxu4euh and welcome from sunny Devon

 

[Pete Thomas]

Hi Larry, welcome to the breakfast Room, hope you have a good time here.

 

[saxismyaxe]

Hi Larry,
Greetings from Dallas, TX. Nice to have you here on the forums. 🙂

 

[tengu01]

Hi there Larry,

Greetings from Geneva. My goodness, what a collection of horns you have. How do you find the time to work and play all of them?

Tengu