Saxophones The Bauhaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread

[Smiffy]

Lloyd , as I said early days, worry about it in another 20 years

 

[TomMapfumo]

Night Night, the Smiffster! 😉

 

[sax_starved]

Smiffy wrote:
Lloyd , as I said early days, worry about it in another 20 years

Yes, you're right, I want to be brilliant now! Today! Anyway, back to the instrument.

Now that I've had it a few days I can give a (slightly) better view as to how it performs. As I said earlier, the low notes are exceptional, the upper ones less so but that doesn't mean that these are not good as well; it performs very well across the whole range.
I played a few tunes to my son's teacher last night and she was seriously impressed. So much so that she has taken a note of the details and will be recommending the Walstein to her other students. She couldn't believe the price.

Testing the notes with the tuner I found every note to be spot on. More so than my alto, which was accurate for most, but not all. This can only be achieved by adjusting the embouchure throughout the range, but this is necessary anyway to stop squeaks etc. In other words, once you are used to it you can achieve pretty good pitch across the range.

I have yet to find anyone who isn't impressed with the sound, even with me playing! A real bargain in my view.

Lloyd

 

[Smiffy]

... or just Walstein

Well someone did suggest it

Good points, bad points



Phosphor Bronze Walstein tenor (pre Bahaus)
Yamaha 5 MP
RJS 2M
Og's BG lig for now
BG harness :whistle:

Needed a G# leak fixed and an oil up and a screw fell out

Both F#'s were a bit flat to start with but ok now

 

[jonf]

OK, here's mine

Bahaus Walstein Soprano
Bari Gold 7 mouthpiece, RJS 2M reeds

Blows a storm, fantastic tone, keys feel nice with a good solid action

Down side, top C# is very flat, one of the side keys is bent (but perfectly functional) and the pads were ridiculously sticky when new. Supplied mouthpiece is abysmal.


Jon

 

[Smiffy]

Soprano
Bent or straight?

 

[TonyMoroney]

Mine is:

Bauhaus Tenor Phos Bronze
Otto Link Metal 5*
Rico Jazz Select 2M or Alexander Superial 2 1/2

I've only had it a few days, having fun, plan to get it checked over by someone that's a better player than me real soon to get a verdict 🙂

I bought the mpc because I'd heard not so great things about the one that comes with it.

All good so far

T.

 

[TomMapfumo]

Mine is:

Bauhaus Curved Soprano
Brancher J15 Metal/V16 6S
Brancher/Vandoren Masters Ligatures
Marca Jazz 2.5's

Mainly playing Jan Garbarek and all sorts of improvising, primarily with the emergence of a medieval oboe type sound. Had to trim the cork down quite a bit to get any mouthpiece on it.
Very good intonation - some of the side keys take a while to adjust to, but sound is really good.

Tom 8)

 

[dooce]

Straight soprano that has been in the country only about a week.
Yam 6C with 2.5 Vandoren Java reeds.
Still in the very early stages of getting familiar with it, but found the standard piece and reed blew fine although it did make a pretty unpleasant noise.
Sticky pads, funny oscillations at D and below but that is something that fiddling with embouchure, and maybe reed strength should sort out.

Does anyone else find that the bent crook plays easier than the straight?

 

[jadoube]

Phosphor Bronze Walstein tenor
Selmer S80

No real problems. In first few weeks I had to glue a bit of cork that fell off under the A key, and nearly lost the screw off the lyre holder. Cork was very large on the mpiece and I managed to damage it trying to remedy, so that's been replaced. My fault.

 

[jonf]

Smiffy wrote:
Soprano
Bent or straight?

Curly for me

 

[Pjonah]

Can I join as a "Friend of a Bauhaus Walstein" owner, I feel left out and unwanted!

 

[Smiffy]

Sure you can , all welcome

 

[TomMapfumo]

Hi Smiffy!

Where did you get that photo of old git? 😛

 

[Col9]

Hi fellow Walstein owners (and friends ) 😛

Walstein Baritone prototype
Stock mouthpiece.

No problems for over 14 months Slight problem with octave mech when new, but very quickly sorted. And a cork fell off the G# which was no biggy.

Bad points none really minor finish marks but it is a prototype so you know...... Its taken a while to get comfortable with but I'm sure that's a learning sax on a bari thing and not a Walstein specific thing.

col.

 

[sax_starved]

Mine's a Phosphor Bronze Bauhaus Walstein Tenor with Yamaha 5C and Rico 2.5 reeds. Initially I couldn't hit the low B but no problem now. The D key began to clonk and this was due to the mini pad on the return arm coming loose, when I checked the E and F these were a little wonky as well so I removed them all and replaced them with a dab of Superglue.
Other than that I think it's great and get a really nice sound, particularly at the lower end.

Lloyd

 

[Mikec]

I have a phosphor Bronze tenor, and I'm currently using a Berg Larsen MPC. A couple of cork bits have fallen off, and its pads are sticky at the moment, but otherwise there are no problems and I am very pleased with it.

 

[birdman]

I thought this may be of interest, i sent a Bauhaus Phosphor tenor saxophone to Lawrie Waldron @ LAW Handmade mouthpieces
UK. The link if it works should take you to a sax on the web review

http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?t=100297
🙂

Birdman

A horn aint just for xmas its for life
www.studiosaxophones.co.uk

 

[TonyMoroney]

Birdman wrote:
I thought this may be of interest, i sent a Bauhaus Phosphor tenor saxophone to Lawrie Waldron @ LAW Handmade mouthpieces
UK. The link if it works should take you to a sax on the web review

http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?t=100297
🙂

Birdman

A horn aint just for xmas its for life
www.studiosaxophones.co.uk

Just read the review, and it looks like more great news 🙂

Along with someone else that concurs with the high opinion, it seems like general complaints are cork & felt issues with the fit and finish of the instrument. Otherwise looks like sunshine all the way in the value for money stakes!!

Thanks Birdman, Nice one!!

T.

 

[DaveW]

Front top F key, anyone got this to 'work' on the Tenor?

May be I'm doing something wrong but I can't get anything out of it :erm: