Hello everyone.
just for the last coupld weeks I've noticed this horrible squeaking noise that would happen between jumps from the upper to lower octave registers.
I'm not entirely sure if this is a fundamental problem in my emboucher or if its a mechanical problem. But I'm not in a circumstance where I coudl test that.
The squeaking happens right in between notes. Such as F#2 to B2 for example, it seems to switch perfectly fine when I play quitely, but when I push more air into hte sax, as soon as I switch the the B fingering, it would jump up to B3.
Actually, I think I may have found the problem now. My sax neck has been pretty roughed up, and a couple months ago the octave valve on my neck was found to have a leak, so it was soldered back on. But I think it may be cracking apart. Causing that valve to leak again.
So jsut for verification, if this octave key leak a possibility for this weird jump?
I just tried blowing into the neck, with the ther end covered and the key pad in place and it seems as if there is a loss in air pressure in my mouth as I blow.
just for the last coupld weeks I've noticed this horrible squeaking noise that would happen between jumps from the upper to lower octave registers.
I'm not entirely sure if this is a fundamental problem in my emboucher or if its a mechanical problem. But I'm not in a circumstance where I coudl test that.
The squeaking happens right in between notes. Such as F#2 to B2 for example, it seems to switch perfectly fine when I play quitely, but when I push more air into hte sax, as soon as I switch the the B fingering, it would jump up to B3.
Actually, I think I may have found the problem now. My sax neck has been pretty roughed up, and a couple months ago the octave valve on my neck was found to have a leak, so it was soldered back on. But I think it may be cracking apart. Causing that valve to leak again.
So jsut for verification, if this octave key leak a possibility for this weird jump?
I just tried blowing into the neck, with the ther end covered and the key pad in place and it seems as if there is a loss in air pressure in my mouth as I blow.