Klarinet Archive - Posting 000699.txt from 1999/02

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Chazerei horns
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 13:09:42 -0500

Joe Sax is a reputable repair person and he's right. With Soprano saxes,
as with eefers, you will not get ANYTHING decent in a student-line
instrument. It really isn't worth it to get anything cheaper than a
$700-800 Evette or Jupiter or some such. I actually have a Jupiter which
is surprisingly good. I don't think I could play solo classical on it but
I certainly could manage in a Jazz situation and maybe even in sax
ensemble.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 Ken.Wolman@-----.com wrote:

> Does anyone know about some of the supposedly low-end brands of horns
> sold in some of the bigger music stores? I suppose $399 is some kind
> of bargain for a new soprano sax, but sometimes something is TOO
> cheap, especially when it calls itself "Jean Baptiste." I just talked
> to someone on the phone, a dealer who calls himself Joe Sax, and he
> said whether it's Baptiste or Winston it's basically the same horn,
> made in Taiwan from inferior materials and not worth it even as a
> student or doubling instrument. For the same price he has used
> Yamahas and Bundys.
>
> Ken
>
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