Klarinet Archive - Posting 000232.txt from 1998/09

From: exner@-----. Exner)
Subj: Re: [kl] C-straight soprano sax
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 16:59:08 -0400

>
>A straight C soprano sax is a little rarer than a C Melody (but
>neither is
>particularly rare). Older soprano saxes are known for having poor
>intonation, and it sounds like the sax is going to need restoration -
>which
>costs $400-650 unless you do it yourself. I've seen restored Conn C
>sopranos go for as much as $800 on Ebay, but I wouldn't pay more than
>$250
>for any sax in non restored condition. I guess I'd say somewhere
>between
>$150-250 is a fair price.
>

Thanks, Sherry--that sounds like good advice to me.

> if I want to play a soprano part I'd rather play the clarinet).
>

Well, me too--but my husband plays only sax--my daughter and I are the
clarinetists--and we've just not been able to convert him. We are
working on it.

Jill Exner

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