Saxophones What horns is your dream ??

[Colin the Bear]

Cornucopia.

 

[Grumps]

I used to dream about a low A Martin Magna bari after I played one and raved about it online.
Now they're too expensive...

 

[Targa]

Mukkinese Battle Horn

 

[skeller047]

I really want a Yanagisawa single body soprano, with a bent neck. This would mean buying a good straight S-WO1, or older model like 991 or 901, and taking it to someone. The question is, who? I could probably afford it, but haven’t taken the plunge yet. Maybe this year…

 

[Woodpad]

I need some of whatever you’re taking.

That could be a problem in the us. The ammonium salted liquerice straws I use do not pass your borders. The nearest thing are the sour power straws from the Dorval trading company. But they only import the fruit and pickle flavored ones.

 

[PigSquealer]

I really want a Yanagisawa single body soprano, with a bent neck. This would mean buying a good straight S-WO1, or older model like 991 or 901, and taking it to someone. The question is, who? I could probably afford it, but haven’t taken the plunge yet. Maybe this year…

?? Make one with a bent neck ? Why ? The S-991 comes with two necks. One is bent.

 

[thomsax]

Saxes to fullfill my my Rock & Roll Saxophone dreams .... Amati, Weltklang, Bundy II, Shooting Star, Indiana, Dörfler und Jörka ,,,, saxes that can be bought or traded for less money (of course playing ok) .... and just having fun ... Rock On.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Amati, Weltklang, Bundy II, Shooting Star, Indiana, Dörfler und Jörka ,,,

These are all considered less than pro horns, that’s an odd list for this thread. I’d think of a Weltklang as anyone’s dream horn.

 

[thomsax]

These are all considered less than pro horns, that’s an odd list for this thread. I’d think of a Weltklang as anyone’s dream horn.

You are probably right .... but you are a player that probably can have Weltklang to sing well !?!?!

 

[Pete Thomas]

but you are a player that probably can have Weltklang to sing well !?!?!

I hope so, as could Dick Heckstall Smith.

But I wouldn't use one out of choice.

 

[SaxOfSteel]

Getting back to the original topic, my dream horn would be a full-pearls King Silver Sonic tenor. I just think those horns are gorgeous.

 

[skeller047]

?? Make one with a bent neck ? Why ? The S-991 comes with two necks. One is bent.

I find that separate necks on sopranos are not particularly stable. I get that swabbing may be a bit more difficult and has a few more traps for the unwary, but the payoff is in solidity of sound.

My Viking soprano is a one piece with a bent neck, and it's fabulous. I just want a Yani like it 🙂 And the topic is "dream horn". FWIW I haven't played the Yamaha bent neck soprano, but the few Yamaha sopranos I've tried have not had the complex tone I like. (I really need to get my Martin back together!)

My old Buescher curved had the neck fixed in place. It was a nice horn. Mark VIs and countless others do too. I just think it's a better option. I wish more manufacturers made a single body bent neck, I think it's the best choice. But everyone is on the "dual neck" bandwagon...

 

[Dr G]

I am with ya, Steve. I have owned Selmer Serie III sops, Yanagisawa SC-992, and a couple dozen others over the years. I really don’t like the tenons on removable neck sops. My all time favorite sop has been a Borgani bent neck (aka “half-curved”), but that’s a different voice than the Yanagisawa.

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[Woodpad]

These are all considered less than pro horns, that’s an odd list for this thread. I’d think of a Weltklang as anyone’s dream horn.

Except for the very first ones, the soft and often uneven tone holes of the Weltklang are a nightmare to pad. And a nightmare is also a dream.

 

[sax panther]

These are all considered less than pro horns, that’s an odd list for this thread. I’d think of a Weltklang as anyone’s dream horn.

I once asked my girlfriend what car she would get if she won the lottery. She thought for a while and then said a vauxhall astra. So it's possible people dream of weltklangs!

 

[thomsax]

For some years ago I sent saxes, mouthpieces, pads, reeds to a guy who was in a music project which helped children to play an instrument. Some playable Weltklangs, Amatis, Conns ... reached young persons who wanted to play. For them a Weltkalng could be a dream sax. I don't like Chinese saxes. It's not so much about the saxes, it's more how the saxes were made.

 

[Wonko]

For the last 10 years or more I really want to get a bass sax (Eppelsheim or Keilwerth seem a good bet).
Of course that would mean winning the lottery or something like that. And even then I wouldn't be sure I'll be able to play it well. I have heard that they are not easy to play. I tried one briefly when I was in London about a year ago, and I have noticed that they need a LOOOOT of air!
And a more realistic dream would be to replace my 10m Tenor and my Taiwanese Bari with a Rampone & Cazzani (to match my curved sop). But that goal might change before I get the funds to buy them.....
And now I really should stop dreaming and start practicing!
The reality says that I need to practice a lot more to learn how to play my current saxes properly ......

 

[Targa]

Of course that would mean winning the lottery or something like that.

Well I did win on both the lottery and the euro lottery this week; I suppose a total of £8 is almost enough for a couple of reeds.

 

[Ivan]

Low a not

Low A not

I have a very well made and very well playing low A baritone (Bauhaus Walstein), with a solid and responsive low A key that imitates the Yamaha design

However, I yearn for a non-Selmer style, long crook, tight pigtail, modern keywork, low Bb baritone, preferably silver finish, definitely not unlacquered brass

I'm looking for a subtle change in tone with the feel and look of a thing of beauty

 

[Colin the Bear]

A single dream horn is more of a collectors/owners thing. I wouldn't want to own anything that I was scared of taking on the bandstand.

I like to play.

Mechanisms wear out and finishes develop scratches and wear patterns. A dream horn can become very used, very quickly.

Having said that I'm very curious about a yani A-991. 🤔