bari to tenor

[cmd2kx]

While most posts I've read here have been about alto players having trouble with the tenor, I am a bari player who would love to play tenor . Alto and Bari come easy as I've been playing bari for 7 years and some alto in between. On Tenor I can get all the notes out, but I have a problem projecting and getting a desirable tone. After playtesting some amazing horns, I found that I sounded more or less the same on all of them and had problems projecting and sounding nice from middle c# and up. My open c# was by far the worst sounding note to me on all the horns I tried. Besides obvious long tone exercises and such (I again have spent < 3 hours on a tenor in my life), are there any embochoure, stance, and any other tips to better my tenor playing from those of you who play bari?

[km]

It may well just be a time thing - practice & etc etc - but there is a real difference between the amount of energy needed for a tenor & a bari - I have an old old A Sax / Selmer bari which needs just breathing into to speak out with an open mouthpiece; my buffet tenor needs a more active aproach - but I would have thought your time on an alto would have pointed up the difference

it may be worth trying a variety of mouthpieces more or less similar to your bari before coming to any conclusions

good luck!