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Kohlert 460 Tenor Saxophone
Buying your first tenor saxophone can be a very expensive proposition, in some ways it’s a lot like buying your first car. Once you buy that first one is a whole lot easier but if you don’t know what you’re looking for, you can spend way too much for a piece of junk. If you [...]
Continue reading...Yamaha Standard Alto Saxophone YAS-23
4. January 2009
What is the definition of the standard saxophone? I’m not really sure myself. I guess a good definition would be a saxophone that covers all the basic needs of the average saxophone musician. A lot of saxophones would fit this description, so perhaps I should elaborate. A saxophone will also have to be quite [...]
Continue reading...Vintage Saxophones
3. January 2009
Vintage saxophones can be fantastic instruments. A quality vintage saxophone can be worth its weight in gold. If you’re a saxophone enthusiast, you can understand why finding a great vintage saxophone can be so much fun. Personally, I’ve spent hours and hours on eBay, looking at vintage saxophones just because it can be a [...]
Continue reading...Yamaha Alto Saxophones
2. January 2009
Yamaha is an extremely well known and well respected saxophone manufacturer. They make everything from extremely high quality beginner instruments all the way up to the incredibly high-end professional level saxophones. Yamaha is a very high quality brand, especially for alto saxophones. There are three main tiers of alto saxophones that Yamaha makes. They have [...]
Continue reading...Yamaha YAS-82Z Professional Alto Saxophone
24. December 2008
If you want to know what the most popular professional alto saxophone line is, then it’s the Yamaha YAS-82Z line of professional alto saxophones. These professional quality instruments are an absolute sight to behold. They are beautifully crafted and even more than that, they sound amazing. The YAS-82Z Professional Alto Saxophone features a 2-piece hydro-formed [...]
Continue reading...Kohlert 450 Alto Saxophone
24. December 2008
Picking up that first saxophone is a truly memorable moment for young musician. As a first-time buyer you want to make sure that you get a great instrument that will last long enough to get some real enjoyment out of it. At the same time, it is possible that the young player will not [...]
Continue reading...Selmer Mark VI Tenor Saxophone
8. November 2008
This is quite possibly the most legendary tenor saxophone of them all. You want to talk about a horn that fetches a ridiculous sum of money on eBay. This is that horn. Perhaps the most sought after horn of all, the Selmer Paris Mark VI is about as close to perfection as perhaps the tenor [...]
Continue reading...King Super 20 Tenor Saxophone
27. October 2008
In my ever-continuing search of ebay for interesting saxophones, I came across an absolute classic. In fact, it might be the de-facto Jazz and R&B tenor saxophone. It is the King Super 20. This insturment comes from a long lineage of saxophone innovation from the H.W. White company dating back to their first “King” models [...]
Continue reading...Etude EAS-100 Alto Saxophone
25. October 2008
When many people start out learning to play an instrument for concert band, it is often an expensive proposition. Local music shops tend to charge quite a bit for a decent instrument, even as a a rental. However, if you are a saxophone player, it doesn’t have to be that way. The Etude EAS-100 is a [...]
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4. January 2009
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