Tone or Sound Subtone vibration felt through tenor sax?

[Dr G]

Aprons. It's all about aprons. Or overalls.

Ah, there is a Pro Tip.

Now to the nitty gritty: Leather or denim?

 

[Targa]

Ah, there is a Pro Tip.

Now to the nitty gritty: Leather or denim?

Or Nippy?

 

[Ghr9204]

I bought a workshop apron to wear when at work by my garage workbench, came in handy more than once saving my clothes from stains and burns when grinding, soldering, welding, working with solvents, disassembling, reassembling various items, etc. It was worth the small investment.

 

[Stephen Howard]

Ah, there is a Pro Tip.

Now to the nitty gritty: Leather or denim?

It used to be suede. Lasted me decades before it fell apart. These days a pure cotton labcoat does me just fine. And knowing where to stand.

 

[PigSquealer]

Aprons. It's all about aprons. Or overalls.

Tone is better with an apron. I prefer blue aprons. 100% heavy cotton.

 

[Dr G]

I am trying not to imagine the inevitable Monty Python skit of a bunch of instrument repair techs toiling away at their benches wearing nothing but suede aprons.

 

[skeller047]

I am trying not to imagine the inevitable Monty Python skit of a bunch of instrument repair techs toiling away at their benches wearing nothing but suede aprons.

That would be good in IMax 3D…

 

[Colin the Bear]

Pardon our interruption...

 

[dreadnet]

It used to be suede. Lasted me decades before it fell apart. These days a pure cotton labcoat does me just fine. And knowing where to stand.

Indeed Dr Howard 🙂

 

[Ghr9204]

These days a pure cotton labcoat does me just fine. And knowing where to stand.

Indeed Dr Howard 🙂

All it would take now is for @Stephen Howard to have a stethoscope around his neck and they'd think he was medical staff. (Just joshing.) 😉

Recently I went back to trying a Brilhart Graftonite C5 tenor mouthpiece. I had difficulty with it when I bought it roughly a decade ago, seem to only play with baritone sax reeds, so I sidelined it. Then tried it again a week ago with a #2 Rico Select tenor reed.

Amazingly it played, got a reasonable mellow tone out of it. Tenor has been my weaker sax, stronger in alto, bari and sop (and of course, clarinet). You might say I had to grow some on tenor.

(Note, I say growth because I went back to some jazz recordings I did of myself on tenor a decade ago, and my tone was brighter. Also grew more in my jazz style. This is the value of making your own recordings and saving them. You may not notice much of a difference say a year or two from now, but keep it up. It is a way to see how much you have grown in your sax playing maturity.)

IMO some have gotten themselves into disappointment by say, buying Brilhart Metalite in all sizes and all their horns in one swoop, SATB because someone had good success with a few, boasted of them as fantastic and took note of their lower affordable costs. (No, we all have different mouths, jaws, teeth, underbite, overbite, strength, etc. that form our embouchures, playing styles, etc., why there are so many mouthpieces on the market. What works for one doesn't necessarily work well with another.)

Then they found it didn't work for them, immediately sold or gave away all. IMO, go slow. Don't think of mouthpieces accorded to price, accorded to use. Buy them ONE-AT-A-TIME. 😉

I wanted to add - buy mouthpieces accorded to potential merit.