D2 issues

Hi,

Thank you for all your ideas. I found out what it was - as jbtsax suggested might be hapenning, the neck octave key was opening slightly. I reduced the pressure on the octave key and now I get D rather than the overtone. Is this something that can easily be fixed on the horn? I'm going to get a sax-playing friend to have a go to see if they notice any problems.

The tip for trying to get A 880Hz when blowing into the mouthpiece alone was handy and after some adjustments I managed to get it. I'll keep practising that.

Again, thank you for your responses.

Hi, thanks for that - I will mention it to my friend when she takes a look at it. Agent27, I would get a teacher but I can't really afford it at the moment - I appreciate I am probably doing things terribly wrong but I support with my diaphragm in a similar sort of way to when I'm singing and I seem to be able to get a decentish tone out. We'll see how it goes.

Saxplayer67, it is a Boosey & Hawkes 400 sax.

Thanks for all your advice everyone.