So I found this really nice Selmer Balanced Action 1939 for $3,800 on reverb and it is in perfect condition, reading the description is like a wet dream to me because of how the seller has kept it. And everything just seems to good to be true, and I’m scared if it is. So I was hoping y’all could check out the sax and tell me what y’all think.

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I have been playing bass for a while and I have recently taken an interest in saxophone. I’m interested in both alto and tenor saxophone. Is it ok to start on tenor saxophone? Or should I just start on alto and move down to tenor later on?

so recently i switched to bari and the schools sax had a selmer s80 c* which i sound good on but it also has a rico metalite m7 which i plan on replacing but on it i sound airy and i don’t really know how to fix also i’m just using 2.5 blue box reeds because that’s all my music store had atm also i realize this could be completely me but i’m just wondering if not

I'm giving a saxophone away to one of my friends, who is a complete beginner. The saxophone came used with no mouthpiece, so I am looking for a decent beginner mouthpiece to start my friend on his saxophone journey. I am willing to spend up to $50. Any suggestions?

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I got my saxophone secondhand off of Craigslist about a year ago in pretty good condition, and I've been trying my best to keep it in decent shape (regularly using key oil, powder paper + bringing it into the music store to get tuned up) but the keys have always made noise, and I'm thinking that its because the pads might be old. The pads make a loud noise when they close, and I've looked the instrument over and I'm almost positive that noise is only coming from the pads closing. Does anyone have any advice for maintaining the pads, and possibly getting rid of the noise without taking the pads off? I won't be able to get the sax professionally repaired for a while, and I don't trust myself to take the saxophone apart to repair it.

When I was just starting playing the saxophone, I only learnt 1 fingering for Bb, using the side key, but now I only use that, even when it is inconvenient and a different fingering would be better. Any advice on how to change my habits for the better?

Other than Yamaha and Selmer, what brands should I look into? $800 ish budget. Thanks

Trying to sell my king 615 saxophone asking 250obo

Hey y’all! I was wondering if anyone has some good suggestions to where I can find an affordable baritone sax (preferably one that still has a good sound quality)

I’m mainly a tenor player and I also have an alto, the main reason I want a bari is because I love the harsh low growls and would use it in my compositions for rock and ska-inspired tracks. My only problem is, of course, the price… ^why ^must ^instruments ^be ^so ^expensive ^and ^yet ^the ^music ^industry ^is ^so ^poorly ^financially ^supported???

Anyway, let me know if you have any suggestions on how I can get my hands on a bari for practicing and recording, thanks! :D

If you’re buying a silver vintage horn, which would you prefer? Newly silver polished, or maintain the old vintage look with some tarnish?

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Hey yo, I have Drake bebop classic tip opening 6 (.076"), it plays well but I am unsure if it is the mouthpiece for me. I am willing to part with it for $200.

(Bought it from drake mouthpieces at $310)

It would come in its original packaging. It's lightly used, I can send a picture of it if you DM me.

Currently in bed and too lazy to get up at the moment 😆

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Hello all, I was wondering if anyone has any experience sending saxophones internationally? I am based in Melbourne Australia and would like to send a tenor saxophone in its case to the United Kingdom. Have people had any issues sending the saxophone in it’s case? I saw online someone put the case in a box with a bunch of polystyrene. Is that really necessary? The horn is worth about $3500 dollerydoos. If I secure the horn safely in the case, plug up a couple of keys, bubble wrap the neck, surely that would be fine?

I'm a conservatory grad, but I've been out of serious playing since about 2008.

Next year my kid starts band (or choir) at school, and declared a desire to learn sax.

I dropped off my old YAS-62 (Mark 1!) for a clean and tune up. When mine is ready we'll pick up a student rental to try out over the summer/into the school year ("I don't want to start band not knowing anything," said the kid who's already a solid pianist).

If it looks like it'll stick long-term (dance has been a major activity so far), then maybe we buy an intermediate horn.

I was feeling merciful, and ordered him a Neotech strap, but what reeds are the cool kids using these days? I was always strictly blue box or java green myself. Is there anything new and good out there?

I figured we would pick up a couple singles in various strengths (1.5, 2, 2.5?) to find a good match. I probably need to go back to 3 or 3.5s myself until my chops return.

Hey I'm really desperate been playing for six years and i got a new mouthpiece 4c yamaha same as before so I wouldn't use my school's old ones

That said my classical sound has become very very good to the point my teacher tells me how good it is but here's the problem the new mouthpiece even if it's the same model (4c) my sound got shitty idk why

Bonus info i do not like protectors on my mouthpiece so i do not apply them tried to put it on the new one had to get rid of it to see if it fixed it but no

Can you tell me if it's normal.

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A few days ago I bought an alto sax which I thought I'd teach myself for fun. One thing I am noticing is that the entire thing sounds a minor 2nd lower than it should. I have perfect pitch and I noticed immediately that written B sounded like a concert C# instead of D. It surprises me a bit because I'm a professional bassoonist with two music degrees, so I already have a sound understanding of breath support and control, and it takes an enormous amount of effort to get the pitch up to where it should be when due to its size I was expecting it to take less effort than the bassoon

I’m still new to playing saxophone but after weeks of suffering I have to do something about the following: The strap attachment loop on my baritone is way too high for me. It sits more than 20cm above the center of mass and when I let my saxophone hang freely, it’s almost completely vertical. Why is this like this??? It’s super uncomfortable because I constantly have to apply so much force with my thumb to keep this heavy instrument away from my face. It also makes it so much harder than it needs to be to press the octave key. Why is the strap not attached lower? Is there a good reason for it being that high up? And can I fix this?