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Howdy,
I bought a '66 Conn 12M at the start of the year (had it shipped to aus), it needed a fair bit of work. I got it in to the repairers and after a while it's now back (though I've noticed a couple of things I'm not happy with...hard to find a good reliable one-shot repairer!)
Anyway, needless to say I now have a bari, and would like to get playing it! I'm mainly a tenor man though I have played a little alto and a tiny bit of the clarinet family.
Whoever else has added bari to their sax family, how have you gone, how long did it take you to get 'reliable' on the bari? Any tips on making the transition easier?
I'm very early on in the process, but low C# and down I can't play subtly, and the rest doesn't have a desireable tone yet. The mouthpiece is an Otto Link Tone Edge 5 (figured a more-closed mouthpiece might be a better place to start) and I'm using a regular Vandoren 2 reed.
Cheers,
Dave
I bought a '66 Conn 12M at the start of the year (had it shipped to aus), it needed a fair bit of work. I got it in to the repairers and after a while it's now back (though I've noticed a couple of things I'm not happy with...hard to find a good reliable one-shot repairer!)
Anyway, needless to say I now have a bari, and would like to get playing it! I'm mainly a tenor man though I have played a little alto and a tiny bit of the clarinet family.
Whoever else has added bari to their sax family, how have you gone, how long did it take you to get 'reliable' on the bari? Any tips on making the transition easier?
I'm very early on in the process, but low C# and down I can't play subtly, and the rest doesn't have a desireable tone yet. The mouthpiece is an Otto Link Tone Edge 5 (figured a more-closed mouthpiece might be a better place to start) and I'm using a regular Vandoren 2 reed.
Cheers,
Dave