[saxjd]

Or would you end up with a Frankensoprano monster?

 

[Raphyel]

Sure it Can

May not play well afterwards.

 

[Morry]

Yes. With a welder and a vice.

 

[Joe Jazz]

Yes. With a welder and a vice.

Any particular vice? Smoking sounds helpful in this case, to light the welding torch...

 

[Steve P]

Sounds like a very bad idea to me. You would probably end up with a kink in the bottom side of the tube etc... Just buy a 62R. I've got a really nice one for sale

Steve P

 

[Alastair Grant]

My tech in the UK has a Mk vi soprano on which he has bent the neck. I think he filledit with ice. He then had to bend some of the key mechanisms. It looks ok to me.

 

[Joe Jazz]

A soprano on ice....a soprano so nice....Riunite, Riunite.....

 

[Swampcabbage]

This is how they supposedly bend the crooks on a trombone. (Filled with ice).

 

[Dr G]

Sand works too.

 

[saxshooter]

Didn't Emilio do this to one of Branford's Mark VI sopranos?

 

[Chicken 'Lil]

No, Emilio didn't do that for Branford. It was done at the factory. It's not a good idea to bend a neck on a straight soprano. You'd need a mandrel to do it right. I've had it done with some success. However the metal on the top of the bend is not what it used to be.
Like Steve said, just buy a 62r.