Klarinet Archive - Posting 000354.txt from 1998/07

From: Nancy Buckman <znjb@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] please don't shoot me for asking a saxaphone question!
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 22:05:48 -0400

Chris,

I play a Yanigasawa 900 alto sax with a Meyer 5m mouthpiece and a Rovner
ligature and use a Bari plastic reed. I also wanted to use the BG
Revelation ligature but it is too small for my mouthpiece. I use the
plastic reed because I do a lot of doubling and it is easier than trying to
keep a reed wet when I am playing some other instrument. It works great for
me, here's hoping it helps you with your choices.

Nancy

At 11:26 PM 7/13/98 EDT, you wrote:
>I play a lot of saxaphone for our pep and jazz bands, as well as trumpet and
>piano. (With a small band, if you can play multiple instruments, you are used
>to fill gaps.) And I was pondering the concept of actually buying my own
>saxaphone. I think I'd like to purchase an alto. I know I don't want student
>line. I'd like a professional horn, but with a price tag lower than what I
>see on some Selmer models (egad!). I would like to find a saxaphone with a
>big, dark, sound that is more suited to classical, but that I can also do
>jazz, etc. on it.
>So I don't annoy other people who want a clarinet-only list, I'd like private
>responses (unless you really want to post public, at the risk of a little war
>starting) about what type of horn to get, and what mouthpiece to use. I'd
>like to use Hempke reeds on it, and a BG Revelation ligature. Thank you for
>all your help!
>Chris Hoffman
>
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Nancy E. Buckman
Pasadena, Maryland USA
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