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  1. Announcements and Bulletin Board
    I've been trying to find people/places to play at and with and I've recently performed at The Coffee House on Cherry Street and me and my group are planning on performing at Gypsy Coffee House as well, are there any people near that area that know good people to play with or places to play at? I...
  2. Electronic Equipment
    Hi all, first time poster here - Hopefully this isn't too much of a noob questions but I'd really appreciate some help here. A while back I got the Roland AE30 and I learned to play the instrument using the base C transposition keys on Sax fingering mode, for a long time this seemed fine...
  3. Bb Soprano
    I found this sax in the thrift store today and am looking for help identifying the make. There are no other identifiers aside from this “B”. It looks to come with 2 neck pieces. The shop is asking £400, which seems steep to me. Any clues are greatly appreciated!
  4. Multi Sax!
    I am a high school student in need of a double case for my alto and my soprano sax. I really like the protec PRO PAC double case but I can't tell If it's for a soprano with a detachable neck. I have a cannonball sop with 2 necks and a Yamaha advantage alto. I also have A LOT of mouthpieces and...
  5. Clarinet Mouthpieces
    I recently got a metal clarinet as a gift from a professional player. However, its mouthpiece isn't great, and I'm using the ligature and reed of my normal plastic clarinet. I can't actually fit my Buffet Crampon mouthpiece on the metal clarinet (it's too small and does not fully seal inside...
  6. Sax Repair, Maintenance and Modification
    I play a Conn shooting star alto... recently I finished band camp and I was checking my saxophone for problems when I saw THIS I tried to screw it back in but it is very difficult to maneuver the screwdriver in the correct place + the screw itself is difficult to turn and it just...
  7. Eb Alto
    I have a alto sax that I had been given to me by a high-school music teacher who no longer had use for it. tho I was never informed of the brand name. It has a JL in cursive engraved on the bell and is also engraved with what looks to be leafs. I can not find a brand with this logo anywhere. Can...
  8. Eb Baritone
    Hi Im a 12-year-old musician and a mechanic, this is what I can afford. Please help, I have a Conn 12M Saxophone that I bought for cheap, with no neck and some missing parts. The F palm key is the one I have a question about. It appears that there are two different kinds. The one that I have is...
  9. Eb Alto
    I currently use a Selmer AS-500 Alto and while I absolutely love this sax I want to have one for marching and one for concert season. Since my AS-500 is slightly beat up I'd like to use it for marching since it is a sturdy, tough saxophone that can take a lot of hits. But for concert season and...
  10. Multi Sax!
    Me and my quartet (SATB) have been playing a piece calling "Three dances for four saxes" for a while. We performed it in our solo and ensemble contest and we made it to state so we will perform it at the state contest too. We all enjoy this piece, its semi difficult and is very entertaining and...
  11. Eb Alto
    With one of the pieces my band is playing the beginning its the saxes flutes and clarinets only. The director keeps telling the saxes to play less and the clarinets to play more but they never do and the saxes cant play quiet enough to be quieter than them and still make a decent sound. Is the...
  12. Eb Alto
    So i'm in the lowest concert band level in my school (I know its bad I never got the music to practice for auditions so I had to sight read on the audition) and we're playing a few pieces, one being American Big Top by Brian Balmages. In this piece there is a sax solo, every sax had to audition...
  13. Eb Alto
    So, I recently sent my saxophone in because my G and G# keys or any other keys in that upper area were not working. They sent it back with a little pad under the A key, however it fell off, and even after I put it on, it didn't seem to fix the issue. I can't even play an open C# , I can play...
  14. Sax Lifestyle & Sax Related Health Problems
    Does anyone know how to get cat pee off the saxophone? If so, what cleaner's should I use? I know this sounds so stupid, but I need help. It corroded the metal around the and left a streak in the hole.
  15. Sopranino and Higher
    if any one knows the internal opening bore of a sopranino sax and the taper can you tell me because after googling for about 10 minute i did not find anything it would be helpful and very appreciated
  16. Sax Repair, Maintenance and Modification
    I tried every needle in the set but none fit. Am i doing it wrong? Its an old bundy II that i got second-hand and don't know anything else about it.
  17. Bb Tenor
    Currently my friend has a predicament, his Yamaha Tenor doesn't give him the sound he wants (for jazz), he said he's tried different mouthpieces and reed combos but they just don't work very well. He says he's trying to find a bright vintage sort of sound. I ask of that we can find a mouthpiece...
  18. C Melody Soprano, Contralto & Tenor
    Let me preface this by saying I don’t know absolutely anything about C melody saxophones, Aside from the sound beautiful when/if played well. With that said I’m just gonna keep it short and show you a post I found online hopefully someone can chime in and let me know if this is a good deal, a...
  19. Bb Soprano
    So a while ago i bought a supposed JK Kielsworth soprano sax from DHGate in china and I'm having issues with the c key, it sounds like hot garbage specifically on that note, i looked for the serial number and i cannot find it for the life of me, I've looked all over the instrument and cant find...
  20. Eb Alto
    i've been trying to play Dance of the Knights but I can't make it through the first few measures without messing up on any notes like low b
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