Tech/maintenance wobbly joints

[aldevis]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/alto-saxo...t=UK_Woodwind_Instruments&hash=item20c510b437

Please note the picture. No wonder the owner couldn't play it.

 

[kevgermany]

Took me a while.... was looking for wobbly joints, then the penny dropped. Good one!

 

[MandyH]

me too...I'm guessing that the seller is not a sax player.

I suspect that the upper octave was somewhat challenging !

 

[jazzdoh]

So thats where i have been going wrong all these years.

 

[Tenor Viol]

I think it might have an air leak...

 

[gladsaxisme]

I would. Like to know how he got the mpc on to it

 

[kevgermany]

I would. Like to know how he got the mpc on to it

The shank is inside

 

[h4yn0nnym0u5e]

I think he may also be locationally challenged - this same instrument is on Gumtree in Bournemouth, Brighto (sic), London and Belfast, and is also listed in Birminghan (sic) as a saxophone.

No tell-tale white gloves (visible), though...

Jonathan

 

[aldevis]

I think he may also be locationally challenged - this same instrument is on Gumtree in Bournemouth, Brighto (sic), London and Belfast, and is also listed in Birminghan (sic) as a saxophone.

Maybe the seller sees geography as he sees saxophone assembling. He doesn't really know where he is: England is in Londonshire.

 

[kevgermany]

Bit worrying about teh white gloves - do you think they're wedged firmly in the bell? Or maybe the seller found a use for them - washing the dishes, maybe.

 

[MandyH]

;} we could try to take the charitable view ?!?! ;}

and say that he is selling this on behalf of someone else, a friend who is IT illiterate, maybe, just as he is Saxophone illiterate

It could be a genuine nearly new instrument and therefore it could be a bargain ?

 

[aldevis]

Bit worrying about teh white gloves - do you think they're wedged firmly in the bell? Or maybe the seller found a use for them - washing the dishes, maybe.

Now that I looked better at the picture, he/she kept the end plug in order to accommodate the neck. maybe the gloves are inside the neck to hold the mouthpiece in place.

 

[jazzdoh]

Not only does the seller not know where they come from but their maths is not much better either the Birmingham listing is for £3400

 

[aldevis]

Not only does the seller not know where they come from but their maths is not much better either the Birmingham listing is for £3400

I would go for the Yamaha ATO in west midlands
http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/yamaha-ato/101234864

It might be a bargain if you can try before you buy, but it looks a bit overposted all around the country.

 

[jazzdoh]

I would go for the Yamaha ATO in west midlands
http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/yamaha-ato/101234864

It might be a bargain if you can try before you buy, but it looks a bit overposted all around the country.

It must be that the £3400 one is a saxophone and not a saxophone they must be a lot rarer🙂))

Brian