Klarinet Archive - Posting 000117.txt from 2009/07

From: clarni bass <clarnibass@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] sax question for repair techs on the list
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:22:15 -0400


>> some of us play alto on the side <<

If you play alto on the side, becareful the tenor doesn't find out.....

--- On Sat, 7/25/09, Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net> wrote:

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] sax question for repair techs on the list
To: klarinet@-----.org
Date: Saturday, July 25, 2009, 8:05 AM

At 09:18 AM 7/24/2009, Nancy Buckman wrote:
> Well, it may be commonplace on your sax, but I have been playing sax for =
more than
>=20
> 25 years and have NEVER had a drip from anywhere on mine.=C2=A0 If it is =
commonplace, it
>=20
> may be the design of that particular sax that makes it drip.=C2=A0 It cou=
ld also be that
>=20
> I play with the sax directly in front of me, and not off to the side.=A0 =
Maybe I'm
>=20
> just lucky.=C2=A0 If you have a concern, take it to a tech.=C2=A0 If he l=
aughs, so what.=C2=A0 At
>=20
> least you will know what is going on with your instrument.

You are right.=A0 Playing the sax in front of you will minimize or eliminat=
e the problem.=A0 But tenor is pretty much always played to the side, and s=
ome of us play alto on the side, too (at least when seated), especially if =
we played tenor first.=A0 And gravity rules in this situation, just like it=
does on clarinet.=A0 The problems are always with the C#/G# and Eb/Bb keys=
.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!=20

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