actually the "floridized" STM soprano piece I made a while back, sold to a forum member here. I don't recall his name... I'll dig up his name later today
EDIT:
re the effects, the large chamber, scooped walls and fla style rollover didn't screwed up the intonation at all. It played more coherently "saxophonistically" if you will. It was like blowing a good florida link on a tenor, but on a soprano. No oboe-ness or nasal double reed tone, lots of power, very nice, enhanced dynamic range... it was a treat to play.
Hey Jack
I'd be willing to do it. However between the raise in the cost of goods and supplies, and shipping, I guess that it will be like 350 bucks or so for the finished piece, adjusted to fit ligature, everything plated and shipped up there.
Hey Morgan, thanks for your kind words. This week I've been praised by 2 solid craftsmen (you and another MPC maker I look up to) and it surely feels flattering.
It would only be fair to point out that this is my hobby not main income, I "procrastinate" away from the sax and clarinet overhaulin' doing this kind of stuff... it's like using the much needed time off (from a certain project) in another project. Plus I'm counting in getting a used piece with cap and ligature as a core, for about 100 usd shipped to me (wich is what I paid for the "blank" that I used there, about 90 bucks shipping to argentina included) and I think I might have been a little too optimistic there.
Re the tooling... I'ma compulsive tool buyer. And fabricator/modificator.
I used the flex shaft from an old dremel handpiece and turned a new handpiece using dentist roto tools bearings. They're tiny, they're bulletproof, they're prepared to spin in the 30k rpm range. The hand piece is 10mm in diameter. Plus I have a huge stack of rotary files, and I have a custom made set of solid carbide burrs. They tore me a new one when I got it but's totally worth it. The throat transitions and curve blending on that soprano piece is one full day at the shop. The tip is another half shop day and exclusively hand filing. I did the plating myself and after those pictures the new owner wanted it gold plated (wich I did) but had no time to took pictures before shipping. IIRC LampLight got it ??
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