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<blockquote data-quote="skeller047" data-source="post: 562167" data-attributes="member: 9069">Pay no attention to these kinds of things.&nbsp;&nbsp; On alto especially they make no difference in playability.I have owned 5 altos in my life (I know I’m a piker compared to some here).&nbsp; Only one of them had the seesaw low Bb - which was introduced by Selmer on the Mark VI and has since become the defacto standard.&nbsp;&nbsp; But none of my other altos, including the 3 I currently own (I sold my Mark VI to buy a SBA) have this and they are all just fine to play.The same kind of thing applies to inline keys vs. right hand offset.&nbsp; And high F# key.&nbsp; And ribbed vs. post-to-body.&nbsp; And just about everything else.The only key construction issue that affects playability is right side vs left side bell keys.&nbsp; On the older horns, with bell keys on the right (player’s left), the low C# can be kind of stiff to play.&nbsp; This can be addressed by a good tech.&nbsp; On tenor it’s not such a big deal.&nbsp; Interestingly on my two tenors that I currently own, both have the seesaw low Bb (one is a Mark VI).&nbsp; My first tenor, a Buescher, did not.&nbsp;&nbsp; I played that in a funk band, so lots of low C#s.&nbsp; No issues.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="skeller047, post: 562167, member: 9069"] Pay no attention to these kinds of things. On alto especially they make no difference in playability. I have owned 5 altos in my life (I know I’m a piker compared to some here). Only one of them had the seesaw low Bb - which was introduced by Selmer on the Mark VI and has since become the defacto standard. But none of my other altos, including the 3 I currently own (I sold my Mark VI to buy a SBA) have this and they are all just fine to play. The same kind of thing applies to inline keys vs. right hand offset. And high F# key. And ribbed vs. post-to-body. And just about everything else. The only key construction issue that affects playability is right side vs left side bell keys. On the older horns, with bell keys on the right (player’s left), the low C# can be kind of stiff to play. This can be addressed by a good tech. On tenor it’s not such a big deal. Interestingly on my two tenors that I currently own, both have the seesaw low Bb (one is a Mark VI). My first tenor, a Buescher, did not. I played that in a funk band, so lots of low C#s. No issues. [/QUOTE]

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