Hi, I have a Chateau VCH-221 (http://www.chateaumusicusa.com/vch-221/) Which is a fairly inexpensive alto saxophone. I paid around 550USD for it. Anyways, Does anyone know the make/mode of the stock mouthpiece? I've been playing for more than a month now and was planning to upgrade the...

Hello. After several years of not playing, I'm returning to practicing saxophone and learning jazz music. Currently I'm playing a Selmer Reference 54 tenor, with an Otto Link hard rubber (6 opening). It's a sweet mouthpiece if I want to play Paul Desmond/Stan Getz-sounding tunes, and it's one...

Hey everyone, I'm just trying to look for a saxophone concerto or solo for band or wind ensemble for a competition. I'm looking for something that's not long and hard like Maslanka's Concerto, something that's challenging, but not difficult which would also compete against other instrument...

Hello there, Anyone knows about Oxford Curved Soprano saxophones? Are they another Chinese manufactured saxes? After going through a hassle for returning the Venus (too much intonation problems in their recently marketed items) I hesitate to deal with that kind of stuff. Thanks.

Could anyone recommend a nice jazzy sounding mouthpiece (under $80) for a King 615 Tenor. I want it for the jazz band I'll be in later this year, and we play a pretty wide variety of jazz and bluesy charts even some rock here and there, so I need a fairly all-round mouthpiece with a good strong...

Hi guys, I've currently got a standard ligature on my clarinet and since I'm looking at upgrading my mouthpiece, I thought I might as well look at getting a new ligature. What ligatures do you folks use, and what would you recommend? I'm not really looking at anything like the Vandoren Optimum...

I recently purchased a selmer mark vi tenor saxophone, and am currently playing on a Morgan Excalibur 5E mouthpiece. I got the sax through Sal Lozano, and he said he could get me any mouthpiece through Selmer or Vandoren for free, or should I look outside of those brands, or should I stay with...