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Handle it like a raw egg and you'll have minimal problems. Best to grab/hold it on the bell area where your hands/fingers are not in contact with any key mechanisms.

Raw egg is a good one. My usual metaphors for the how-to-care-for-your-sax spiel are fine watches and kittens. "Any shock, pressure, temperature, or humidity that you wouldn't want to expose a kitten wearing your great-grandfathers wristwatch to, don't expose your sax to"

And then my wife, who is an editor, tells me I need to stop ending sentences prepositions with.