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I've got a late chu alto I love, but the key heights are very open. Annoyingly open. Way open even for vintage horns. Sounds great & the intonation is good, but I don't play it as often as I would because of the hugemongous key height.
I've had it for years, it's a bit of a closet queen, only had to replace a couple of pads to get it running (they are all Conn reso-pads), but at that time I didn't have the key heights fussed with.
So I'm going to get my tech to fuss with them because one of my summer saxophone projects is to get all my horns in solid playing shape so I can decide which ones to let go -- I need to thin the herd!!
Any conventional wisdom out there about Chu alto key heights in particular - issues to look out for, etc?
Fyi, I suppose this horn qualifies as an early "Tranny"; it's got the angled side F key and the left palm keys appear to be improved over earlier horns as well. Other than that, looks like standard Chu to me.
I've had it for years, it's a bit of a closet queen, only had to replace a couple of pads to get it running (they are all Conn reso-pads), but at that time I didn't have the key heights fussed with.
So I'm going to get my tech to fuss with them because one of my summer saxophone projects is to get all my horns in solid playing shape so I can decide which ones to let go -- I need to thin the herd!!
Any conventional wisdom out there about Chu alto key heights in particular - issues to look out for, etc?
Fyi, I suppose this horn qualifies as an early "Tranny"; it's got the angled side F key and the left palm keys appear to be improved over earlier horns as well. Other than that, looks like standard Chu to me.