Dear Forum Users, I am switching from an alto to a tenor saxophone (my YAS has already been sold) have the possibility to buy a YTS62 for 1500 EUROS (though I might haggle down a bit) of about 4 years old but in very good condition; and a JTS769 for 800, new (so no haggling). I like to play...

Want to play sax in your buddy's cover band? Then this is for you... For a while now, I've wanted to put together a teaching method for students that want to learn the basic skills of a saxophone player in the real world. This is not a method about how to play bebop or Coltrane changes or...

Hello all! I am a clarinet player who after playing clarinet for four years in middle school and high school bands combined wants to pick up the alto sax. My school's instruments are of deplorable quality (pads stick, green mold on pads, etc.). I was able to get a Yas 200 AD sax on loan from...

Hello SOTW!! I'm a saxophone player, and have been learning the flute for about 6 months now. I have been learning on a beginner flute worth about £190 ($280) and I think I've gone as far as I can go with it. It is terrible! I have quite a few large gigs coming up this year, and want to buy a...

Re: Beginners/Intermediates post your recordings here Nov.2011 - 2012 Listening to your recordings makes me pretty hesitant to post anything. The level is very high here! Great job everyone! Here are 2 tunes I recorded recently, far from good as you will see. Lullaby of Birdland (much too long...

Hello all, I have a Yamaha Allegro Eb Alto Saxophone (YAS-575AL) that I'd like appraised. At first I thought to go through the traditional route and pay for an appraisal but I found this website and thought I'd try my luck here first. The horn was purchased in 2006-07 in brand new condition...

I've owned alto saxes for years, and have played a bunch of tenor, but now I want to actually get a tenor of my own. I only have around $1,200 to spend, and getting a used horn is definitely an option. What's a good intermediate type horn in that price range?

hi there, i'm currently in the market for my second alto sax. I've been playing an antigua winds ww510 since my middle school days, and now, a decade and a half later I'm finally ready to get a better one. I don't really have more than $800 to spend. Can anyone offer any suggestions? I play...

I'm new on this forum and thought I would come to you guys for the best opinion I could get. I am a freshman saxophonist in college and have been playing saxophone for 11 years. I only have a beginner selmer student saxophone and really need an upgrade. I am looking for a versatile alto...

Hey guys, I'm currently a sophomore in high school and looking for a good next step up from the Selmer AS500 I've had science the 4th grade. I'm in the Jazz band so I'd prefer a sax with a good tone for jazz solos. A budget of under 2000$ is were I'm at.

Hi, I play flute and tenor sax and I've been looking around for another flute. I've been using this Emerson student flute for 6 years (since I began playing) and it definitely seems to be restricting me in terms of sound and technique, etc. My parents said if I looked around for an intermediate...

I'm a sax player with about 6 years of experience, out of high school for about a year. I played alto in middle school, and tenor in the high school marching and concert band. I was borrowing an old tenor through high school (not even sure of the make or model, but it was old and was not taken...