junk

So 2013 was my entry in to dabbling with and learning saxophone. I bought a couple of books and seeing the intimidating price tag on new horns, I opted to buy an old, used Alto American Standard ($200) and an old beat up Tenor The Martin Indiana ($550). I put off going to the tech for a setup...

Well, I picked this one up on ebay needing a build which would gave me a good representation because it wouldn't leak or have badly repaired damage. Let's just say they are not built very well to say the least. All the pillar bases are slopily soldered and all the key guard mounts have broken...

Well, I know no one here wants to hear it, but I just watched my tech do a roo pad rebuild on a reference 54 alto, and in short, the horns are junk from the factory. The pads are glued in and once apart is when the real problems showed themselves. Tone holes: needed so much work to make...