Saxophones Selmer no longer supreme!

[etc-etc]

Thanks 🙏 I have to go later today to try it. I'll take all that on board. 🙏🙏😊

If you can, do the tryout at a music store, for safety.

 

[skeller047]

Did we write Selmer off too soon?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVhJKdHVOi4&t=1s

I don’t understand. Watch part 4, I think he sounds better on his old Yani…

 

[turf3]

If parts 2, 3, and 4 are as long as part 1 (the only one I could get) I don't think I'll be watching 36 minutes of this.

I'd like to hear him on a Buescher True Tone or Holton, with a Woodwind Co. Steel Ebonite or similar. I'm not a big fan of the modern oboe-y soprano sound.

 

[Tonehole]

Only watched part one and that was enough for me. Threw it to the wolves!

Not interested in another soprano and was not taken by his playing in the first video.
Did he get a free horn for posting? 🤫

 

[etc-etc]

The main issue with instrument-testing videos is the impossibility to separate the contribution of the player from that of the horn, as long as the horn is well designed and in good repair, and mouthpiece/reed combination is playable and matching the horn and the player.

A great player sounds great on any horn.

A mediocre player sounds mediocre, on any horn.

A lousy player ... you get the idea.

 

[jazzdoh]

I personally think he sounds better on the Yani but maybe that's because he's played it for 15 years.
I think Yani's are hard to beat on soprano, but that's just my opinion.

 

[Alphorn]

It depends where you want to go with your sound. While the Yani appeals to me I can see situations you want the brighter sound of the Selmer. The question is could the Yani be brightened up to your liking by a different mouthpiece? The Selmer Signature sound reminds me of Yamaha sopranos. Selmer afficionados will hate this but it has something yamahaish to the sound. At the price point Selmer has chosen you need to be a bit of a fanboy to go for it. There are a number of less pricey alternatives on the market. Being in Dan‘s shoes I wouldn‘t switch, but tastes are different.