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Valley Sax · Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 21 Location: Waynesboro, VA

JPSaxMan:
Thanks for the hint. I'm new here and hadn't noticed that.

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Good to see so many young sax players on the forum.

JPSaxMan · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:27 pm Post subject:

Not a problem Mr. Green

Anybody try the new Meyer G series?
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JP
Student of Saxophone
Music Education (BME) Major-2011
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

JPSaxMan · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:18 am Post subject:

Guess not, and now I can have some say in this thread.

I now play on a Meyer 5M for alto. Whoever said a Meyer could be used in classical (I think my band director even did *shock*), they should be shot and fed to the brass players at the Red Rail Restaurant. I love the sound I get out of the Meyer (certainly not squealy unless the reed is misplaced, I'm actually finding the stock lig to be a bit difficult in far as terms of slippage etc), full, focused, rounded, bright with a TAD of edge. Nice mixture.

But some of that is NOT what to get in a classical alto mouthpiece, even if you are from the Mule school of classical saxophone. Mule would die if he heard one his concerto's played on this mpc. It's too bright and too edgy for classical. A French sound should be bright, but not too bright, and have no edge whatsoever. And to make things worse, a Rascher (German) sound should have no brightness but instead more darkness. Unless you get a small chambered Meyer in a different tip, you will not acheive the Rascher sound.

Thank you :D
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JP
Student of Saxophone
Music Education (BME) Major-2011
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

darby dylan · Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 63

I'ts true what you just said
a meyer gives a much to much jazzy sound and very sharp.

dylan Darby