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So I'm a college freshman studying music comp and I've been playing Alto for a little over seven years. I recently had a pit orchestra gig and I had to borrow a Tenor sax to play some bass clarinet parts. The other guy brought me an early '50's Dolnet Tenor. A little out of adjustment and needed some work but it played great. Since then I've had the bug to get a tenor. I had a soprano sax during high school, but it was a school horn and the only soprano sax they had, so when I graduated earlier this year I had to return it. I have a lot of stuff written for soprano too, so it'd be pretty cool to be able to adjust some parts so I can play it on tenor. There are also many other reasons to have a tenor than that, obviously.
Anyway, I've been looking around for tenors, and the other guy from whom I borrowed the Dolnet suggested that Bundy's are great horns that don't go out of adjustment. He also commented that he has a great Conn from the '20's that is very "free blowing". But seeing as these are generally student horns (I could be wrong), I don't know if I should go for one of those or if I should just go to the local music store and do a rent-to-own for a YTS-875 like I did for my alto.
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!
Anyway, I've been looking around for tenors, and the other guy from whom I borrowed the Dolnet suggested that Bundy's are great horns that don't go out of adjustment. He also commented that he has a great Conn from the '20's that is very "free blowing". But seeing as these are generally student horns (I could be wrong), I don't know if I should go for one of those or if I should just go to the local music store and do a rent-to-own for a YTS-875 like I did for my alto.
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!