Klarinet Archive - Posting 000063.txt from 2011/06

From: bhausmann1@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Thoughts on the sax-bothering-my-thumb thing
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:22:38 -0400

On average, yes. Your grandmother was practically a giant in her day. Now, she might make small forward on the women's basketball team.

Bill Hausmann

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

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On Jun 8, 2011, at 11:30 PM, kurtheisig@-----.net wrote:

>
> Bill,
>
> Smaller then? Speak for yourself. I'm still small, and I play bari. My great grandmother, still alive then, was 6'2", born in Ireland in 1835.
>
> Kurt
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
>> Sent: Jun 8, 2011 8:18 PM
>> To: 'The Klarinet Mailing List' <klarinet@-----.com>
>> Subject: Re: [kl] Thoughts on the sax-bothering-my-thumb thing
>>
>> The old Bueschers always were good for small hands (and poor for us with
>> larger hands). The palm keys are VERY close in to the body, etc. It was a
>> 1920's design, obsolete long before Selmer took it over. The Holtons really
>> have similar issues. People were smaller then.
>>
>>
>> Bill Hausmann
>>
>> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Lee Ann Hansen
>>> Subject: Re: [kl] Thoughts on the sax-bothering-my-thumb thing
>>>
>>> I have heard, too, that most of the student line saxes, somewhere after
>>> the
>>> 60s, were re-engineered and the key structure made shorter to make it
>>> easier for students' small hands to play them. Anyone know anything
>>> about
>>> that? And, when were the Mark VIs made?
>>>
>>> I have a 1914 Holtan and love it -- but it's miserable to play and
>>> stresses
>>> my hands unbelievably. Outside of being a really good-sounding horn
>>> and
>>> well worth keeping (has lots of extra keys, too), it's still not easy
>>> to
>>> play. Would love a horn more compatible with my hand size.
>>>
>>> Any words of fact?
>>>
>>> Lee Ann Hansen
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 6/8/2011 6:02:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>>> davebow@-----.nz writes:
>>>
>>> Bundy is a pretty basic student instrument. Can be very uncomfortable
>>> to
>>> play.
>>> A Yamaha YAS-23 is a much better instrument if you only want a student
>>> sax.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> David
>>>
>>> On 9/06/2011, at 2:31 AM, Rachel Roessel wrote:
>>>
>>>> I took a look this weekend. My thumbrest is a single non-adjustable
>>> piece of
>>>> metal that is soldered (I assume) to the body. The alto sax is a
>>> Bundy
>>> II,
>>>> serial number 762,936. Can anyone tell me about the Bundy II? I've
>>> heard
>>> taht
>>>> it's a good student model, but other than that, I don't know much
>>> about
>>> it since
>>>> alto sax isn't my primary instrument.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Rachel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>>
>>>> Many sax thumb rests are adjustable. Does yours have a large screw
>>>> holding it on? You may be able to adjust it so that your hand is in
>>>> a better position.
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