Klarinet Archive - Posting 000376.txt from 2009/02

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: RE: [kl] Alto Sax Mouthpieces (again)
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:34:59 -0500

And then there is everything hanging on that looooong upper stack rod.....

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
>Sent: Feb 18, 2009 8:33 PM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: RE: [kl] Alto Sax Mouthpieces (again)
>
>At 08:40 PM 2/17/2009, Kurt Heisig wrote:
>>Bill,
>>
>>I was grumbling on the bench the other day about the illogical way
>>the keys are put on the horn.
>
>The Bundy II table key layout is just poorly conceived. The angles
>are bad, the leverage is bad, the C# has tremendous slop in its
>action. When starting from scratch, working for the company that
>imports the saxes made by the company that created the "Balanced
>Action" design with the right-side bell keys, you would think they
>could have done a much better job.
>
>
>
>Bill Hausmann
>
>If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>
>
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