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Woodpad
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Bought a curved soprano around the metal price just because it looks pretty, not for playing. Shiny instrument not played often. Shop price around 640 euro. terrible sound.
Looking into the neck I found brass splinters very easy to remove but the manufacturer didn't bother. Same on the bell bow connection. The body bow connection seemed to be glued.
Brass used for keys is very bendy. Probably the same as used for the body.
Nice almost flat tone holes but the thickness is uneven. Most tone holes have one clearly thin place. If the pad has a weak spot on this position it will become a leak. Geometrical accuracy of the keys is bad, A lot of places where keys touch eachother.
The geometry of the last 5 keys asks for thicker pads than used. They all leak at the axis side. The pad on the low C# shows a very deep seat on the axis side. Someone must have pressed it close, the metal just came back so the pad leaks on the place where it has a very deep seat. This key has a lot of movement and the axis is probably curved by this senseless violence. The leaking pads will increase gorrilla gtrip and the bendy keywork will bend. The type of screws used is not important as it can 't make this saxophone any better.
This saxophone is made by unscrupulous people and sold without proper quality control. not recomended for playing
Looking into the neck I found brass splinters very easy to remove but the manufacturer didn't bother. Same on the bell bow connection. The body bow connection seemed to be glued.
Brass used for keys is very bendy. Probably the same as used for the body.
Nice almost flat tone holes but the thickness is uneven. Most tone holes have one clearly thin place. If the pad has a weak spot on this position it will become a leak. Geometrical accuracy of the keys is bad, A lot of places where keys touch eachother.
The geometry of the last 5 keys asks for thicker pads than used. They all leak at the axis side. The pad on the low C# shows a very deep seat on the axis side. Someone must have pressed it close, the metal just came back so the pad leaks on the place where it has a very deep seat. This key has a lot of movement and the axis is probably curved by this senseless violence. The leaking pads will increase gorrilla gtrip and the bendy keywork will bend. The type of screws used is not important as it can 't make this saxophone any better.
This saxophone is made by unscrupulous people and sold without proper quality control. not recomended for playing
