Saxophones The Bauhaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread

[TomMapfumo]

TonyMoroney wrote:

TomMapfumo wrote:
Wouldn't that fly in the face of their Sakkusu sax range which, as far as I can understand, is possibly their equivalent of the BW's. Apologies if I am inaccurate here.

Possibly although I'd have thought no more than stocking Keilwerth conflicts with Mauriat, or Yani conflicts with Selmer?

T.

As far as I understand Sakkusu is an own brand of sax.co.uk just as BW is developed by WWB - i.e. direct competitors, not just alternative brands. (If I am wrong with any of this I am happy to stand corrected.

Kind regards
Tom

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[Pjonah]

That's interesting, RB pooh poohed all things Chinese, why the sudden change of heart!

 

[birdman]

Yes Roger at Allegro now stocks the BW saxes along with myself Studio Saxophones and curlywoodwind Liverpool. Martin at Woodwind and brass is the main importer.I believe dealers will be limited and must be sax specialists all my BWs are rebenched test blown and fitted with Yamaha pieces and Neotech slings well worth the upgrade.I like the comment by Mikec support your Local sax shop, regional support is vital although most dealers offer a postal service with a no quibble refund policy if not delghted. 8)
David Keighley got his Soprano from me,there is a man who can seriously play
Birdman

 

[Rogerb]

Mikec wrote:
I bought my BW from Allegro, paying the premium in order to support a small business. I found the guy a bit stand-offish, but not downright rude. I went twice to try the sax before I bought it and he was co-operative but not "pushy" and when I took it back to have the corks re-glued, he was positively friendly; we talked about the National Youth Jazz Orchestra for some time, and I spent ages gazing in rapture at the beautiful and, for me, unaffordable saxes he has in stock.

Sounds as if Dr Jekyll was in that day, Mike 😉

I found him quite 'generous' in letting me have a go with instruments I obviously wasn't going to buy(yet!), but Mr Hyde was very rude about Hansons, and said he'd never heard of Lamberson mpcs 😱

 

[Mikec]

Rogerb wrote:

Mikec wrote:
I bought my BW from Allegro, paying the premium in order to support a small business. I found the guy a bit stand-offish, but not downright rude. I went twice to try the sax before I bought it and he was co-operative but not "pushy" and when I took it back to have the corks re-glued, he was positively friendly; we talked about the National Youth Jazz Orchestra for some time, and I spent ages gazing in rapture at the beautiful and, for me, unaffordable saxes he has in stock.

Sounds as if Dr Jekyll was in that day, Mike 😉

I found him quite 'generous' in letting me have a go with instruments I obviously wasn't going to buy(yet!), but Mr Hyde was very rude about Hansons, and said he'd never heard of Lamberson mpcs 😱

Well, he was forthright about several things in our conversations, but that's good, as far as I'm concerned. Part of the reason for supporting a small local specialist business is to get their ideas and experience, isn't it? You won't always hear what you want to hear, but you may gain from it.

 

[Rogerb]

Yes, there's 'forthright'...I like that.
Then there's bigoted, rude and pompous! (...I don't go for those)

 

[Bobby G]

Rogerb wrote:
Yes, there's 'forthright'...I like that.
Then there's bigoted, rude and pompous! (...I don't go for those)

Yes, you usually find those people who preface what they are going to say with a remark like "I speak as I find" usually mean "I'm a rude git"....

 

[daveysaxboy]

Thank's for the great comment Pete.I am still stunned how good the Bauhaus Walstein Straight Soprano play's and sound's and for just over ?400 it's a cracking horn with a superb build and fantastic ergo's.I went for an audition for a new band last week and played my new Mauriat 66RUL and BW Sop and was way happy with the result's as was the band i have since joined.Cheer's BirdMan again for your wisdom and help. 😉

 

[Mikec]

Rogerb wrote:
Yes, there's 'forthright'...I like that.
Then there's bigoted, rude and pompous! (...I don't go for those)

Well, neither would I. I must have been there on two good days, but I can only speak as I find.

 

[AlanU]

Hi, not a BW owner, yet. Looking at the alto.
I'm a bit puzzled, and perhaps you could help?

Pete's endorsement is pretty enthusiastic.
What I'd like to know is how similar/different they are.

Any ideas?

 

[Pete Thomas]

The one I played on the youtube clip is one I had borrowed and you are right, it is the top end horn. (NB I didn't buy that one, but I did buy a baritone).

I have only compared with the standard phosphor bronze model, which is surprisingly good for the money.

 

[Linky Lee]

I have a pre 'italian pad' pre 'Bauhaus' Walstein tenor saxophone.

I too found the pads to be a bit sticky, gave it a wipe a couple times and no problems since (G# still never stuck). I don't think the pads make any difference for a beginner, the biggest factor is that they seal correctly which they all do as they've been checked over and sorted out beforehand.

I still play it as it was bought (no mods) and the pads are still in perfect playing order what must be a year and a half on. It's been used a lot, gigged a fair bit had an annual service and still blows away all the other tenors in the sax section I play in. They all cost at least 3 times as much too.

 

[AlanU]

Thanks for that Pete.

 

[Pete Thomas]

AlanU wrote:

Thanks for that Pete.

Not sure why, I don't think I was very helpful. I think the main points about the top end one (apart from the cosmetical things) are mostly appreciated by someone who has had a lot of experience. I'd be just as happy playing the phosphor bronze on a gig or session as I would the silver one, in most cases.

 

[davedriver]

Well, I am now a fully paid up member of the BW sax owners club. I picked up my phosphor bronze tenor from WW&B on Saturday along with a Yamaha 5c MP and Rovner Dark Lig.

They are certainly good looking instruments (I prefer the phosphor bronze look to all gold / brass) and my partner was taken by it too - always a good move so I don't get too many tidy that mess up type comments from her 😉 She even tried it with the original MP and got some notes out too so perhaps this will become a shared instrument.

2 days into learning and I'm getting some odd notes out (some very odd 😛 ) and comments about it being pretty loud buy I am enjoying learning so far. I'm sure I'll enjoy it even more once I start getting some consistency in my notes though. So far, so good.

 

[sax_starved]

Congratulations Dave. I have exactly the same set up and got mine from WW&B also. I think that it's a class instrument and fantastic value. Never mind the odd notes - practice, practice, practice.

 

[Pjonah]

Pete Thomas wrote:
NB I didn't buy that one, but I did buy a baritone.

What was your thoughts on the baritone Pete, I am very tempted. I had a brief play of Col9's, serial #0002 which was a prototype, the low A was not spongey at all and a tad slicker than my current stead?

Simon

 

[sax_starved]

I have found that the neck on my tenor doesn't tighten sufficiently even with it screwed up as tight as I can realisitically go. I noticed the lyre screw is a bit long and this can touch the thread of the neck screw, which was part of the problem but even by removing this completely does not solve it. Any suggestions other than pliers or tape?

 

[Pete Thomas]

Sax Starved wrote:
I have found that the neck on my tenor doesn't tighten sufficiently even with it screwed up as tight as I can realisitically go. I noticed the lyre screw is a bit long and this can touch the thread of the neck screw, which was part of the problem but even by removing this completely does not solve it. Any suggestions other than pliers or tape?

I would discuss it with the retailer (especially if it's still under guarantee)

 

[Mamos]

Where do we buy or have a look at these saxs and why are they so popular?

mamos