[Sasquatch]

I find myself playing bari in an R&B/Soul/Funk cover band lately. I dearly love my Buescher Big "B", but I need a low A:cussing:. I expect to end up with a Barone in silver plate, maybe in 6 months or so. The plan is to put all my gig money towards it. I do hate waiting though.

 

[Grumps]

Great deals to be had on Ebay for bari saxophones. Check out how low this one went:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...ain_0&rt=nc&si=0280QFCJdwGCHkAFAYqcnyxaXOQ%3D

 

[Sasquatch]

That is a good deal, maybe. Depends on how much work it needed. I keep having a vision of shiny silver though, ;-)

 

[Stephen Howard]

In the meantime, there's always this...

http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk/HandyHints/Bari_extension.htm

Regards,

 

[Sasquatch]

Have you tried that? Anyway, we cover "Soul With A Capital S", so I need both A and Bb.

 

[Stephen Howard]

Yep, I used to use it on my old Handcraft bari. You're scuppered if you need a Bb in the same phrase as an A...unless you're *very* quick getting the extension in and out!

Regards,

 

[Sasquatch]

I love that, "You're scuppered ....... ". Somehow it doesn't seem so bad. Meanwhile, the band has a low A Armstrong they are letting me use. I am not crazy about the left hand pinky table on it, and it just doesn't have the balls my Big "B" does, but it works.