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Author: Pamela O'Neal
Date: 2001-11-12 15:55
I know nothing about saxaphones but wanted to try one out cheaply in the event I did not enjoy it. I bought a C melody old Holton off of ebay for 112.00. It needs pads. Anyone know where I can get pads for this horn? I contacted a guru sax site and was told I had wasted my money. It upset me very much. I went back and did some visual research and bought a York sax which to me looked like an alto as I compared the barrel of the horn length and it always appeared that the C's came up higher than the alto's. The seller did not know if it was an alto so I looked and looked at pictures and hope I did not buy another C. Anyway to be sure? Thanks for any help or advice.
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Author: Andrew
Date: 2001-11-15 22:47
You didn't waste your money with the Holton. If it isn't completely destroyed it is a perfectly good horn, it's probably got the extra Rudy Wiedoeft keys on it right? that's a plus. The way to tell an alto from a C melody is by the necks. A C melody neck(excluding the conn straight neck models)is exactly like a tenor neck just a little smaller, it curves up then down. An alto neck only curves up, never back down. By the way, I play a York C melody.
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