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Question: what is the going price of an Alto and Tenor Sax?
Answer: The Voodoo Rex is $3400 tenor, $3200 alto.....the Super 400 is $2650 alto, $2850 tenor.......the Category Five tenor is $11,000
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Question: I purchased a Steve Goodson model tenor and it is by far the sweetest horn I've played. Projection like no other, a nice edge or a smooth darkness, depending on whatever you desire. Very nice. My problem is that I would like to use a more compact air airline friendly case but due to the altissimo key, I can't find a case to fit the horn. Any suggestions?
Thanks for making a great horn, Dano
Answer: we'll have a new line of cases later this year
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Question: Hi Steve, I love my 10M Conn and while looking locally for a backup found a Conn 1966 vintage with naked lady like engravings but no naked lady. It is serial # K20,254. Do you still have the serial # site which was so helpful in the past? Don't all Conn 10Ms start with M and 1966 would be more like M160,000? What line of Conn starts with K? Thanks so much for your great site!!!
ANDY
Answer: see www.saxgourmet.com
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Question: STEVE... I AM A 63 YEAR OLD NOVICE. I GREW UP LISTENING TO DUANE EDDY STUFF WHICH FEATURED A RAW, VIBRATING SAX (I BELIEVE STEVE DOUGLAS WAS THE PLAYER). I STILL LISTEN TO THE VISCOUNTS WHOSE ONLY HIT WAS HARLEM NOCTURNE. ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO I BOUGHT A YANIGASAWA TENOR...THE ONE THEY MAKE OUT OF BRONZE. I HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT MOUTHPIECES INCLUDING A VAN DORAN V16 T45. I AM SLOWLY BUT SURELY GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN PLAY SOME OF MY FAVORITE MUSIC IN A STYLE THAT I LIKE. BUT I HAVEN'T YET BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT RAW, SEARING SOUND THAT GOT ME GOING ON THE HORN IN THE FIRST PLACE. I ASSUME THE RIGHT MOUTHPIECE WOULD MOVE ME IN THE DIRECTION I WANT TO GO BUT I AM REALLY IGNORANT ABOUT THEM. I WORRY THAT TO GET THE SOUND I WANT I'LL HAVE TO USE A MOUTHPIECE THAT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO PLAY. (YOUR COMMENTS INDICATING THAT YOUR MOUTHPIECES ARE EXTREMELY EASY TO BLOW...OVER THE ENTIRE RANGE OF THE HORN...WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN ONLY IMAGINE.)
SO STEVE....THAT'S MY STORY. I'M NOT STEVE DOUGLAS YET, BUT I REALLY LOVE BLOWING THAT HORN. ANY THOUGHTS?
........TEENAGE PHIL OSBORNE......
Answer: give me a daytime phone number and I'll call you
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Question: I caught wind of a dicontinued sax by you I believe it was called orpheous. Is it still available and where.
Answer: The Orpheo horns that I designed were last manufactured in 2007...I have no idea where you could find one. I have nothing to do with the horns currently sold as Orpheo on eBay. They are NOT the same
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Question: Hi Steve
I´ve always wondered how to use the "pad saver" properly. I use it every time I finish playing and going to put my sax back in the case, but the question is, after using it to dry the horn, should I leave the pad saver inside or outside the horn? How is the correct dry procedure once finishing playing in order to maintain my sax the better?
Thank you very much.
Answer: YOu should use it to dry out the horn. Do NOT leave it inside the horn
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Question: I have your two dvds on saxophone repair also many other dvds from various repair men.
My problem that the leaks keep coming back!!!
First I make sure each key closes individualy, the I colse all the keys using vedges, then I give the pads a heat and leave it over night, then I check for the leak between keys that work together and close them.
After a little while the leaks are back!!
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
Sarkis
Answer: have you leveled the tone holes?
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Question: Hey Steve,
This could be considered a dumb question:
but the way Im understanding it, and I could be wrong, but does the copper tenor neck that you are displaying in that YouTube video fit both Selmers and Yamahas or is there a separate model for each. Im guessing the later as the octave mechanism is so different, but it would be nice as I own both a Mark 6 and a YTS62.
One more thing.....Ive never been happy with things about the YTS62 (tone too bright, hard to play certain notes in tune (Im a tuning freak and most of the players I work with are even worse, so I cant really the Yammy on a gig) and it has some kind of weird harmonic makeup). I bought the thing on ebay for a good price but the neck was mashed up on arrival. Ive gotten the creases in the neck rolled out and playable, but do you think this f.....d up neck could be the cause of this horn's problems? As far as the brightness, would stripping the lacquer do anything or are we dealing purely with cosmetics?
Thanks for reading this,
Take care.
Answer: the necks are different.......stripping the lacquer is a cosmetic procedure only
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Question: Hi Steve,
I was wanting to know if you were involved with the design of the LA Sax LA-750AT Earthtone special edition model.
Here is a link to one Noteworthy is selling in their eBay store currently.
http://cgi.ebay.com/LA-SAX-ALTO-SAXOPHONE-EARTHTONE-LIMITED-EDITION_W0QQitemZ130304459566QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e56c0432e&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A3%7C294%3A30
I'm also looking at one of the Orpheo models they are selling as well.
thanks,
Mike
Answer: no.....those horns were bought "off the shelf" from Shin Foo Pin
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Question: Hello To Steve and the Saxgourmet Family,
Just have a few questions regarding the necks and the neck enhancers that you have. I use a Yamaha YAS 62 and just want to ask if the neck will fit this model and what adjustments do I need to do for the neck to work on my horn. I also want to know if the neck enhancer will fit my YAS 62, I understand that the neck has a built in neck enhancer but I still want to know just in case I just want to get the enhancer alone.
Now on my Tenor Saxophone, all the same questions except that on my tenor I use a Kessler Custom Tenor and just want to ask if your neck and or neck enhancer will fit my sax.
I appreciate your answer and more power to your company, thank you so much and have a great day
Sincerely,
Anthony Morris
Answer: The enhancers will work on ANY neck, no problem
the solid copper neck should work oh your YAS-62 without a problem, if your receiver is to original spec. I don't know the spec on the Kessler, having never seen one
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