Forum of the Saxes

Bleeding_Gums_Murphy · Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 75

I use a sock too.

Box of Alexander D.C.'s
Mi-T-Mist
Hodge Silk Swab
Neotech Neckstrap
Some cheap polishing cloth I got at the local music store
LaVoz reed thing
Some crap Rico 5's

... and that's it.

tenorsaxman · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 52 Location: Indiana

TENOR CASE:I usually keep about 6 tenor reeds, 4 clarinet reeds in my case. I also obviously keep my tenor sax body,neck and mpiece. I alternate between a padless neckstrap that unhooks easy so I can switch between tenor, Alto and bass clarinet, as well as a Neotech strap. I also keep my Bundy crapped up clarinet in there when I have to double,and cork grease.
ALTO CASE: I just have an alto body,neck and mpiece. I need to put some reeds in.Also a neck swab.
FLUTE CASE: My gemeinhardt 2SP flute body, foot and head joints. Also have a padsaver and screwdriver
BUNDY CLARINET CASE: really old (50 year old) corkgrease. a 50 year old Selmer Bundy Plastic clarinet(when not doubling) w/ a Goldentone mpiece and lyre
METAL CLARINET CASE: A metal clarinet, Bundy mpiece and a lyre
BASS CLARINET CASE: bass clarinet body,bell and neck. Yamaha mpiece peg to hold bass clarinet w/out use of neckstrap and some reeds.
TROMBONE CASE: a few bottles of slide oil, cleaning swab, 12c mpiece and a Bach trombone.
Sorry this is so long Exclamation

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Bb clarinet (LeBlanc rocks!)
piccolo
flute
oboe
piano
organ( vintage Hammond M3)
electric/acoustic guitars
mandolin

JPSaxMan · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 7:50 pm Post subject:

Heck, yours is short and sweet compared to mine Cool

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Student of Saxophone
Music Education (BME) Major-2011
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

Thomas · Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 223 Location: Alberta, Canada

Wow, this grew quickly...

Right, sorry about that, Joel. Like my post says, it was 12:30 am, and I was a little dislexic at the time.

Dave,

Actually, the plastic tooth cover I was talking about goes over my teeth, not on the mouthpiece. I did indeed buy a mouthpiece cover from a store, and it works okay. I'll explain what I was talking about in detail:

As reed players, we often experience discomfort in our lower lip when playing for long periods of time. This is due to the fact that your bottom teeth are actually digging into the flesh of your lower lip! Shocked

In my case, it actually caused some bleeding at one point!

My teacher has found a genius solution to that problem. He made a covering for his bottom teeth out of cigarette paper and crazy glue. Not the most hygienic thing one could do, but hey, he's one of the best classical saxophonists in North America, so I don't question him.

However, I have found a much better way to do this. If you go to any local sporting goods store, they will more than likely have moldable plastic football mouthpieces. The directions say to immerse them in boiling water for about ten seconds, and then quickly mold them around your teeth. I thought, hey, this could be useful for me too! So I went and bought one (they're around $2). It took about half an hour of precise cutting and molding, but I finally hit upon something good enough to use in my playing.

I have had it for about a year now, and it was definitely worth all that fruitless work I did. It took some getting used to, but it worked wonders on my playing. I can now play for hours straight without feeling any discomfort at all. I recommend that everyone here give this a try. You will not regret it. Smile

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Sax player, music student, composer, Finale user, and part-time slacker/procrastinator.

CMelodyMan · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:01 pm Post subject:

Who's your BD?
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Alto: Yanagisawa (880), Morgan 6M w/ Rico
C Melody: c.1919 Martin Inspiration
York soprano

JPSaxMan · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:17 pm Post subject:

Or you could just change your embouchure :D

I used to get an irritation on my lower lip patch (on the skin) after I played due to the reed fibers. Well that ended (on sax) when I went to the 'ooo' embouchure because I was no longer resting the reed on that skin, I was resting it on my lip. Hehe...just an idea Twisted Evil

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JP
Student of Saxophone
Music Education (BME) Major-2011
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

Thomas · Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 223 Location: Alberta, Canada

What does BD mean, Dave?
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Thomas Hay
Sax player, music student, composer, Finale user, and part-time slacker/procrastinator.

JPSaxMan · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:20 pm Post subject:

Band Director
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Student of Saxophone
Music Education (BME) Major-2011
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

JazZz · Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Posts: 170

Thomas · Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 223 Location: Alberta, Canada

Ah, right. My band directors last year were Craig Brenan and Randy Witte. Randy left this year to go back to university, and we're getting a replacement teacher who's name I don't know yet...
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Sax player, music student, composer, Finale user, and part-time slacker/procrastinator.

Thomas · Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 223 Location: Alberta, Canada

Oh, and I was talking about my private lessons teacher in that last post. His name is William Street.
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Sax player, music student, composer, Finale user, and part-time slacker/procrastinator.

musicalprodigy · Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 119

In my sax case i have;: a sax, of course! neckstrap, rico #3 reeds, a mpc patch, and a pad saver.

FoulShooter101 · Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 25 Location: Philadelphia, PA

Box of Vandurens
Box of Rico Jazz Selects
2 Neckstraps
1 4-reed holder
Hankerchief
Silk Swab
Polishing Cloth
Cork Grease
Instruction Manual
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