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Re: CSO -vs- student models

Author: johnsonfromwisconsin
Date: 2004-11-16 15:27

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"Quality" does not matter much at the beginning level. What is more important is the condition or playability of the equipement, not its "professional" level.
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We may be speaking out of different intended meanings of "Quality", but I disagree. Quality doesn't need to encompass only the fine attention to detail and engineering of professional level instruments. Quality, to me, means reliability and functionality of a certain level regardless of what level one plays at or how much the instrument costs. A student horn should be a quality instrument: one that holds adjustment and can be played in tune and won't be the limiting factor to a beginning player.

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junk keys = nickelplated "plastic"

good keys = nickel
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I don't know that the CSOs at Sam's or walmart use plastic for keys. I assume they do use a nickel alloy like legitimate instruments, though the formation process behind their manufacture is where I'd suspect the difference. It's like a post on a small saxophone forum I frequent said: The starter of a thread was saying how impressed he felt with the heavy weight of his sub-$300 brand new cheap horn was. He seemed to think it indicated quality. I'm not a metalurgist or engineer, but amount of materials used probably means little if it wasn't treated correctly. It sounds more like a poor substitute to make up for skipped phases in manufacture to me.

just my non-expert thoughts.

-JfW

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