Several years ago on the Sax On The Web Forum, I suggested that there might be a reasonable market for modern C soprano. I figured that hobbyist players, like me, would appreciate having a soprano in C, with modern keywork. As usual, opinions varied.
Our friend Steve, at www.aquilasax.com, has committed to having a modern C soprano produced in 2009! I'm excited about this, and I'm hoping I can somehow come up with the funds to buy one.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
My Alto Saxophone
Sold my Super 20 tenor sax last year, and bought this Kessler Custom Deluxe red brass alto. I figured for what little playing I do nowadays, an alto would work much better. I was right - I enjoy playing it quite a bit.
It's a unique horn - part of the first run of red brass altos that Kesslers had made. When they received this first group of horns, they discovered they had 2 or 3 with copper bows and bells. Here's a link to the page on the Kessler website describing it. It's very nice horn. I went through a few different mouthpieces before I decided to stick with a plain old Hite Premier plastic mouthpiece, with medium to hard reeds, depending on the situation. I'd love to have one of the new Vandoren V16 alto sax mouthpieces, but I don't really play enough to justify the cost. The Hite Premier does everything I need it to do, anyway.
It's a unique horn - part of the first run of red brass altos that Kesslers had made. When they received this first group of horns, they discovered they had 2 or 3 with copper bows and bells. Here's a link to the page on the Kessler website describing it. It's very nice horn. I went through a few different mouthpieces before I decided to stick with a plain old Hite Premier plastic mouthpiece, with medium to hard reeds, depending on the situation. I'd love to have one of the new Vandoren V16 alto sax mouthpieces, but I don't really play enough to justify the cost. The Hite Premier does everything I need it to do, anyway.
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