Klarinet Archive - Posting 000094.txt from 1969/12

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Thoughts on the sax-bothering-my-thumb thing
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500


Marty,

My 58,000 is flawlessly in tune.

The French said of the Americans in those days "Vous avec mal a la tet!", and they were right.

The problems were that we were playing wrong. We used short faced reeds of a popular name. We also used short faced mouthpieces and held the horns wrong.

The French had no such problems.

Once I started playing acoustically correctly, all those "problems" just vanished.

Perhaps it was Selmer listening to the crazy Americans that resulted in the dismal faire offered today?

Kurt

-----Original Message-----
>From: Martin Marks <martymarks511@-----.com>
>Sent: Jun 8, 2011 8:29 PM
>To: The Klarinet Mailing List <klarinet@-----.com>
>Subject: Re: [kl] Thoughts on the sax-bothering-my-thumb thing
>
>On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 8:07 PM, <kurtheisig@-----.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> The Mk VI Selmer was made from 1954 to 1975.
>>
>> Ralph Morgan, who was Selmer's historian and senior engineer put out the
>> most authoritative list with serial numbers. The lowest ones were 58,xxx and
>> the highest 243,xxx. There will, of course, be serial numbers outside of
>> those as Selmer famously did that.
>>
>> Though the Mark VI officially came out in 1954, Ralph, as southeastern
>> salesman was selling prototypes as early as 1952.
>>
>> Most collectors know of 3 different series within the MK VI. The "U" bow,
>> the "J" bow and a return to a "U" bow, often with a patch soldered into the
>> top of the bow.
>> (This was to correct a non-existent problem).
>> No. It was a real problem. I owned two of the early(short bow) Mark V1
>> altos at different times. They had a tendency to gurgle on the low B. My
>> repairman soldered a plate in the bow which cured the problem. Selmer
>> started doing the same when enough players complained. These were serial #
>> 58000 horns.
>> martinm
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: hns692@-----.com
>> >Sent: Jun 8, 2011 4:26 PM
>> >To: klarinet@-----.com
>> >Subject: Re: [kl] Thoughts on the sax-bothering-my-thumb thing
>> >
>> >I have heard, too, that most of the student line saxes, somewhere after
>> the
>> > 60s, were re-engineered and the key structure made shorter to make it
>> >easier for students' small hands to play them. Anyone know anything about
>> >that? And, when were the Mark VIs made?
>> >
>> >I have a 1914 Holtan and love it -- but it's miserable to play and
>> stresses
>> > my hands unbelievably. Outside of being a really good-sounding horn and
>> >well worth keeping (has lots of extra keys, too), it's still not easy to
>> >play. Would love a horn more compatible with my hand size.
>> >
>> >Any words of fact?
>> >
>> >Lee Ann Hansen
>> >
>> >
>> >In a message dated 6/8/2011 6:02:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>> >davebow@-----.nz writes:
>> >
>> >Bundy is a pretty basic student instrument. Can be very uncomfortable to
>> >play.
>> >A Yamaha YAS-23 is a much better instrument if you only want a student
>> >sax.
>> >
>> >Best,
>> >David
>> >
>> >On 9/06/2011, at 2:31 AM, Rachel Roessel wrote:
>> >
>> >> I took a look this weekend. My thumbrest is a single non-adjustable
>> >piece of
>> >> metal that is soldered (I assume) to the body. The alto sax is a Bundy
>> >II,
>> >> serial number 762,936. Can anyone tell me about the Bundy II? I've
>> heard
>> >taht
>> >> it's a good student model, but other than that, I don't know much about
>> >it since
>> >> alto sax isn't my primary instrument.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> Rachel
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ________________________________
>> >>
>> >> Many sax thumb rests are adjustable. Does yours have a large screw
>> >> holding it on? You may be able to adjust it so that your hand is in
>> >> a better position.
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