Forum of the Saxes

Bariman · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:59 am Post subject:

I have been playing bari about five years, started tenor sax a year before that, and have been studying music now for eight years.

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saxismyaxe · Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 19 Location: Dallas Tx/Murray Ky

Wow did thinking about this question make me feel old. I started with the Sax (from Clarinet) When I was 6, so that means I've been playing for 32 years now! Damned, I should be another Charlie Parker by now, what happened? Confused

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BuffaloBariSax · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:44 pm Post subject:

This will be my eighth year playing sax. I started out in fifth grade on alto, and was "first chair", or whatever you wish to call it, both years. In seventh, I was fourth alto before switching over to bari. I played bari seventh and eighth grade, eighth grade in both concert and jazz band. Freshman year I played bari in concert and tenor in jazz. Sophomore year through now I've played bari in both, although there was one night last year during pep band that I felt some Coltrane, and played tenor for half of the basketball game.
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retromom72 · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 5 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa

JPSaxMan · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:30 am Post subject:

^^That's wicked Very Happy

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Louis Scuderi · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:28 am Post subject:

4 years, here.
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Doc Frazier · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:14 pm Post subject:

BuffaloBariSax wrote:
The bigger, the better. And of course, bari is bigger than alto or tenor

But a BASS is da man (horn!) :-I
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musicalprodigy · Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 119

Now, call me dumb, but ewhats a bass sax?

Doc Frazier · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:02 pm Post subject:

go to this site:

http://community-2.webtv.net/guspratt/basssax/

this is the pics of the bass that I bought last year and am currently doing a full restoration.
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Bariman · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:11 pm Post subject:

Doc: Wow, I remember seeing some pics of that bass a while ago on your site. How does she play? I know any vintage bass takes some skill, but is it worth it (like there's a question Cool

)? I have seen a lot of Lyon and Healy bass's around.

Looking good!
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Doc Frazier · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:33 pm Post subject:

She actully played when I got her home, but the previous owner had done some repairs that actually made some things worse. I have had to take her completely down to a bare skeleton with no keys, posts, etc.... just to repair the body. I haven't had a chance to work on her lately as I have been very busy with customers horns. I currently have a 4-6 month backlog. I'm planning on updating some of the keys to make it more ergonomic and had thought about satin silver on the body and gold plate the keys. Once I saw the kameleon purple, that is what the body is going to be and gold plate the bell inside and out and the keys.
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Prophetic_Sax · Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 28 Location: Elkridge, MD

....well, I started playing when I was 8 years old until I was 25, and that was only because I didn't own my own sax Crying or Very sad

....I then began playing other instruments, with the thought of getting back to my first love, which was the tenor sax Very Happy

....just bought 2 around Christmas of 2004, so I'm back in the swing of things....so as far as playing experience, I will say that I have 27 years total, and 18 years on the sax's.... Rolling Eyes

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JPSaxMan · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 4:23 pm Post subject:

Nice, sounds like ya got quite a repitore (sp?) Cool

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