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What note is ideal to tune to on soprano (though of course the pitch is so finicky that it might not make that much of a difference)?

The middle c and c# (not the low ones, without the octave key) on my alto saxophone are so out of tune that they are almost the same pitch. They are both very flat. I can’t send the sax to a shop for a fix or an overhaul. Does anyone know a way that i can fix it at home (maybe with a set of...

Greetings! My first post... I've been playing alto off and on for 35 years - definitely a hobbyist but trying to play more these days... I recently started playing again after 4 or 5 years... I picked up an Antiqua winds alto in really good shape, but I've been having some difficulties...

Hi All, My current alto set-up is a YAS-475 (which is a killer player- I have owned and sold higher end Yamaha altos) with a Beecher Diamond Inlay S6S. I am though having some problems with intonation. Most of it is manageable, but lower register notes are very flat, and middle E and high C#...

I've been playing a V16 A9 mouthpiece for a few weeks and it's giving me the big bright sound I need as a lead alto, but I've been riding a little sharp on it, even when I'm pulled out as far as I can go without it falling off. What is the best way to resolve the tuning issue? Is there some way...

Hello, I have a YAS 62. When I play long tones, the lower octave (low Bb to mid C) is usually in tune, or a little embouchure adjustment does the job for anything out of tune. The upper range is in tune too, after high A and onwards. However, when I get to mid E, and up to mid G, my Tonal...

Hey all, think I may be going mad....doing a load of DJ and sax gigs recently and keep on getting the feeling that I have NO CLUE what key the song is in: Ive been gigging at a high level for 40 odd years and have pretty good ears, have always been able to find keys and blow within seconds. So...

So I recently bought an early 80s bundy 2 off of ebay. I have put in quite a bit of work into it and have overhauled it myself. I have run into a few problems though. I had bought this horn to be my secondary horn for marching band.( I have an intermediate yamaha for concerts) But now that I...

Does anyone else have a sort of warble to their hearing after practicing tuning different intervals to a drone? For a little while after a session of this, I hear things in my environment as if through an oscillating fan. It's strange enough to make me wonder what causes it. Any ideas?

Hello, I have a buffet crampon that's always flat between half and whole note. I put a light inside of it, and looks like there's a couple of middle pads not sealing, as well as one of the lower ones. Off top of my head, I don't remember specifics. Could this cause it to always be flat as...

I have been playing in various bands and improvised settings for a while now and all of them seemed to tune to 440Hz. After recently joining a local concert band I was put on the spot for being quite a bit lower in pitch that the rest of the orchestra. After the first rehearsal I was told that...

Everyone in a band/orchestra knows it's important to play in tune - and that that means 'in tune with the rest', not 'at 442Hz'. I was looking for ways to practice and get better at 'finding' the right pitch. Practicing long tones with a tuner is of course a great start, but that doesn't help...

Hi y'all and happy new year full of good vibes! last week I went to Europe's biggest music shop to try out some stuff. As soon as I tested the Jody Jazz Super Jet I was in love head over heals. The sound, the power, the grit, the response, the altissimo just freaking pops out effortless. Phew...

Hello, my dear friends. Brace yourselves for a really dumb question from an intermediate-level player. During the 17 years that I have been playing, I have used different mouthpieces and different reeds, and found that each mouthpiece had its own unique "sweet spot" on the neck cork, at which...

Hi, I wonder if there is an android based tuner app that also gives you audible feedback. Most tuners give you a visual feedback, the needle that goes up and down when you play flat or sharp. It would be interesting to have an app that also detects the note you play, and plays it in the correct...

This was a pretty specific, very fun challenge. A friend of mine in NYC, a great alto player named Jeremy Udden, has gotten totally dialed in on a long shank/conn combo and loves the way it feels EXCEPT that he's right on pitch with the mouthpiece all the way in and the microtuner turned all...

Hi to everyone! I've got a Conn Bari #180xxx Low Pitch, in excellent shape. It plays well with a big sound but... it's really out of tune on some notes, especially from high G to C. There's no suitable position for the mp (I have a Gottsu HS8), it goes too far and drops down. The previous owner...

Hi All, I thought I was going crazy but my new YAS26 is ridiculously sharp - I play an A and it's practically a C. Play a C and it's a D#. The mouthpiece is about halfway along the cork, and even pulling it right back until it's falling off doesn't come close to the right tuning. What is going...

I have a student with a bari sax that is cursed. Part of the problem is that the neck and body are in 3 pieces and are supposed to be in 2... Fixing it the best I can, when F# is in tune, and everything else is relatively correct (as in tune as you'd expect a saxophone to be), her B is...

I have been quite curious recently about clarinet design, as I have a variety of clarinets here from different periods to experience the changes over history and brand. I found pointers to a lot of great archival information which I have collected and post here: ARCHIVE POST BEGINS HERE Author...