Klarinet Archive - Posting 000575.txt from 2000/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Selmer mark 7 tenor saxophone
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 17:30:54 -0500

At 12:56 PM 3/16/2000 EST, Ann Satterfield wrote:
>Thanks to Ed and Fred for the overall evaluation/description of the Mark
>7 tenors.
>
>Does not make sense that a major manufacturer will make changes in an
>instrument unless someone is looking for different qualities.
>
>I would not trade my 70's Buffet Bb and A clarinets, but the newer ones
>do have better tuning on the left hand 12ths.
>
I just tried a Selmer SA80 Series III tenor today. Sweet horn, though very
expensive. It is so smooth it does not sound like it is made of metal!
Can play very prettily soft in the upper octave, yet has guts at the bottom
end. They've made some interesting mechanical improvements to the left
hand table keys. The Bb key actually moves closer to the B and C# as it
tilts. And the heights of the right hand Bb and C keys have screw
adjustments. I have not played a Mark VII for comparison, though. As I
understand it, the Series III is NOT a replacement for the Series II, but
another model. Maybe it will be like having the Mark VI and Mark VII out
simultaneously - YOU chose the sound you want!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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