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Hi,
i've bought an old Conn 10M (underslung) in good overall condition, but don't succeed to play when octave key's pressed, any note below A (so, below 2d A).
i'm new on satw, and must say also on sax! total beginner... i'm a guitarist first, but i can play clarinet, & also make sound my sax in low register, & on 2d octave by modifying embouchure! (that's seems not to be a right way...is it?).
Of course, if i don't suck too much, i think about a mechanical problem i'll have to fix, and will need to send the sax far away if nobody can help me to fix by myself.
The affected notes (with octave key) doesn't sound or do not without a lot of disgracious higher & louder harmonics. I've spent hours to find the point, without success... i'm not totaly lost, i've already found and fixed some on clarinets & flutes, but here... i just can't begin learning.
Low register seems ok, octave key opening ok... highest notes seem ok, and i can play the second octave D-E-F-G with low register fingering without octave key, using a thinner embouchure! (biting a little).
Does someone see where i have to concentrate my attention to find the bug? (please don't say on another instrument!
)
Ask me all details you need, & please help!
i've bought an old Conn 10M (underslung) in good overall condition, but don't succeed to play when octave key's pressed, any note below A (so, below 2d A).
i'm new on satw, and must say also on sax! total beginner... i'm a guitarist first, but i can play clarinet, & also make sound my sax in low register, & on 2d octave by modifying embouchure! (that's seems not to be a right way...is it?).
Of course, if i don't suck too much, i think about a mechanical problem i'll have to fix, and will need to send the sax far away if nobody can help me to fix by myself.
The affected notes (with octave key) doesn't sound or do not without a lot of disgracious higher & louder harmonics. I've spent hours to find the point, without success... i'm not totaly lost, i've already found and fixed some on clarinets & flutes, but here... i just can't begin learning.
Low register seems ok, octave key opening ok... highest notes seem ok, and i can play the second octave D-E-F-G with low register fingering without octave key, using a thinner embouchure! (biting a little).
Does someone see where i have to concentrate my attention to find the bug? (please don't say on another instrument!
Ask me all details you need, & please help!