suggestion on first horn, anyone?

[trymonlam]

hi,

i was asked by my brother to bring home a alto for his first lesson next month. $1000 was given to me to perform such a task. he's a designer and liked black nickel plated horns. any suggestions??

also, anyone know anything about a prestini alto like this one?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2538997705&category=16 232

it's probably what he would have wanted.

[SuiZen]

A Yamaha YAS23 is a good way to get started.

http://www.wwbw.com/Item/?itemno=17490

Bill

[Gandalfe]

For $1000 I'd recommend a good used instrument like a YAS 52 or 62, Yanagisawa anything, or Selmer. They may be ugly with scratches and such but the playability should be more important than having a poor playing but shiny new horn.

Do you live in the northwest? I could hook you up with my used instrument connection.

[Samthejazzman]

my first horn was a yts-23. I got it off ebay for 520 bucks in mint condition, not a scratch on it in perfect working order.

I suggest this horn first or any 23 model for a begginer because they are reletively inexpensive to fix, sound great and play great for a begginer model instrument. The build quality is also impressive compared to other begginer model instruments.

[Carlos Morales]

Hi, I have a yamaha tenor sax 62, new new new for sale.

Email me for pictures.

camorales63@hotmail.com

[bill63]

Gandalfe "Do you live in the northwest? I could hook you up with my used instrument connection."

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I would love to be hooked up with your northwest connection. My son want's to switch from clarinet to sax for his second year of band.

Thanks,

Bill

[Howlin]

To anyone contemplating a new horn, my advice would be not to fixate on finish,brand or price,but instead consider how many hours you will end up spending on this. Spend more than you can afford to buy the very best intonation/action you can find. Test as many as you can with your own mouthpiece and be as objective as possible to the extent of taking a tuner and your music teacher to find the horn that speaks to you. My best horn is an old rough looking Selmer with a richness of tone you don't get in modern horns. Saying that I love the actions/intonation on some new horns. Try 'til you fly then buy.