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I am about to start the Sax again and I ran into a small snag.
I live in the Pittsburgh P.A. area of the U.S. A. and I was hoping to buy and not rent if possible. I am having a devil of a time locating a place that sell Saxophones locally that I can get to on the limited public transit around here. I have tried online huntin and classic yellow pages poking about, with no luck. This leads me to my first question.
Does anyone here know of a reputable dealer in the Pittsburgh area?
I have also been looking online and came across a few student level saxophones online, but they all have limited reviews of three or less. Without being able to play test these instruments to fell them for myself I am at the mercy of reviews. So I thought I might ask here to soo if any of you have heard of, used or atlas have an opinion about the companies that they go by.
The ones I have come across are:
The Legacy TS750 tenor 1 positive review
The Conductor student tenor (specific model not listed) worry some. 2 positive reviews.
The Rossetti tenor no review
The Stagg 77-ST 1 negative review.
I know it a huge risk buying online, but these are in my price range (400 - 600 dollars though I could go higher by about 100) and I can actually get to them. They all have warranties and trial periods so I can return them if they leak air or or just junk. So it might be worth the risk.
Final question: Do you more experienced people have recommendation(s) for a good starter tenor sax?
I'm not looking for top of the line just something good enough quality where it will be my playing that has to improve and not the instrument, at least for a good while.
Thank you for your time.
I live in the Pittsburgh P.A. area of the U.S. A. and I was hoping to buy and not rent if possible. I am having a devil of a time locating a place that sell Saxophones locally that I can get to on the limited public transit around here. I have tried online huntin and classic yellow pages poking about, with no luck. This leads me to my first question.
Does anyone here know of a reputable dealer in the Pittsburgh area?
I have also been looking online and came across a few student level saxophones online, but they all have limited reviews of three or less. Without being able to play test these instruments to fell them for myself I am at the mercy of reviews. So I thought I might ask here to soo if any of you have heard of, used or atlas have an opinion about the companies that they go by.
The ones I have come across are:
The Legacy TS750 tenor 1 positive review
The Conductor student tenor (specific model not listed) worry some. 2 positive reviews.
The Rossetti tenor no review
The Stagg 77-ST 1 negative review.
I know it a huge risk buying online, but these are in my price range (400 - 600 dollars though I could go higher by about 100) and I can actually get to them. They all have warranties and trial periods so I can return them if they leak air or or just junk. So it might be worth the risk.
Final question: Do you more experienced people have recommendation(s) for a good starter tenor sax?
I'm not looking for top of the line just something good enough quality where it will be my playing that has to improve and not the instrument, at least for a good while.
Thank you for your time.
