Ferret said:
Why do people have back-up horns? I'm not the most experienced player, so I've never felt the need to get a second of the same type of horn. I was wondering why a person would get 2 Tenors or Altos or what have you. (I'm not talking collectors, however, that's a different animal.) When do you use your backup? How did you convince your wife you NEEDED 2 of the exact same multi-thousand dollar thing?
Reason for even a life-long amature to have a backup sax:
1. Son leaves sax in band hall. Calls at 6:00 pm on his way to concert 100 miles from the school. Band director with only band hall key is with son on bus.
2. Son plays in 8th-grade football game and forgets he has to play and march for the 9th-grade game. Sax is again locked in band hall. Band director with only key is at game.
3. Son bends a key right before performance.
4. Main sax is in the shop for repair or adjustment.
5. Old sax-playing friend arives and wants to jam with you.
6. Performing in environment where main sax could damaged or stolen.
7. Main sax is locked in wife's car trunk at work.
8. Main sax is locked at the church.
9. Main sax in my office at work 55 miles away.
10. Daughter cleans up house and main sax is no place to be found.
11. Backup sax gives me something to do instead of exploding while daughter finds main sax.