Hello. I have a Jupiter alto saxophone, and in the middle of practicing I suddenly heard something fall into the bell. It turned out to be a small screw. I scoured the sax trying to find an empty hole but was unsuccessful. I'm still a beginner and don't know all of the keys, so it's also been...

I recently bought 2 altos (I believe they are the exact same make and model). Both go down to only B, have double octave key mechanisms, and lack other various modern keywork. I know of a few manufacturers who made horns similar to these back in the early 1900's or late 1800's, but I can't...

I was talking to my band teacher if I could borrow a school clarinet over the summer (since i plan to major in music) and since I already play sax, I figured that it would be fun to learn a new instrument. However, two days later a cork on the part that connects the cone shaped object and the...

My high A sounds like trash. A mixture of spitty, airy, thin, and just dead. Please help! :line6: My A with the octave key is just not working correctly. I've taken it to music service shop to be fixed, explicitly letting them know that I had a problem with my high A. They "fixed" it for $60...

Hello everyone, I am an 18 year old college student in Billings Montana. I play a recently overhauled Conn 10M tenor from 1957. I am looking to purchase a mouthpiece for it. I talked to Mojo Bari, who has been very helpful, and he currently has several mouthpieces within my price range. He has a...

Hey gang, I desperately hope someone can help me with this. I have an audition on Monday and my high G and middle D (both using the octave key) start nice but then drop pitch to low G and low D. It sounds awful. I have had three reputable technicians in Atlanta look at the horn and they say...

I was chosen to play Bari for our high school sax ensemble and have never played it before. It's pretty fun, but now I can't play it because when I was putting the mouthpiece it cracked on the shank. I really can't afford to buy a brand new C* so can it be repaired?

So I just purchased the Apex 435 condenser mic from Amazon and I was planning on using it to record some songs on my computer but there is no cable in the box. I don't know if it is supposed to be like that or the cable was mistakenly left out or what happened. If it is not supposed to come with...

I'll be a freshman and im really worried about getting the right mouthpiece, reeds, and ligature. I just dont want to sound bad and make the Seniors think im a complete noob to life. Please help, my sax is Yamaha, and I'll also be in Symphonic band. This is my first post sorry if i do something...

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/msg/3231436206.html So I went to try this saxophone out. It has some problems, The C# key is stuck will not move and the G# key does not work i'm guessing it's the spring and some missing felt here and there. Also 3 or 4 pads are needed to be replaced. Not sure...

Hi SotW, Our school is started Drum Major auditions early because of a new high school opening next year, and I would like some help with some of the speaking portion of the audition. We have been asked to write down 3 minor goals, 1 major goal, and my philosophy on band/leadership, and I was...

hi, I am thinking about buying a metal/silver clarinet, could anybody tell me if I could use my regular Bb clarinet mouthpiece on a metal/silver clarinet (my mouthpiece is a J&D hite):) thanks Saxophoniac3

so i'm playing this solo. its dogs of war by pink floyd but the saxophonist is dick parry. now i know my altissimo and growling and virbato but could someone tell me how he makes that sound in the very beginning long note and then the 'horse noise' on the ending altissimo notes. it sounds to me...

Hello, I am a bassoonist, I can already double and triple tongue but the technique that always eludes me is Doodle tonguing. I found an excellent article from a trombone player and have read a few things from sax players and still do not know if I have the technique correct. I know of only one...

This is pretty stupid, but I've been playing soprano saxophone for three years and I don't know where the high G key is on a soprano saxophone... Can anybody tell me? Thanks!