How To Set Up A Saxophone
Colin the Acquit
Well-Known Member
- #ii
Your prepare is the mouthpiece and reed you use.
gladsaxisme
Try Hard Dice Hard
- #3
Unfortunately buying a make new sax doesn't guarantee annihilation at all these days particularly when buying the cheaper brands in the case of the brands and models you lot mention ie Yamaha and Yani there is much more chance that they will be set up better than the lesser saxes,simply there is also the trouble of damage in transit before they get to the shop yous accept bought from or getting to you if bought direct, the sax is a frail instrument and can be easily damaged whilst in transit.
A lot might depend on the store yous buy from and their attitude to how they check the saxes they sell prior to them being sold.
Beingness gear up up properly involves
1) Making sure there has been no harm in transit
two) making sure the tone holes are as level as they should be and there are no small leaks on any of the pads
3) Making sure that all the mechanics of the sax are working to their optimum and I'k sure the pro techs volition tell yous there are quite a few more checks
And then to get the very all-time out of a sax the opening heights of all the keys needs to be set for optimumum performance and things like bound tension on all the keys can make a great difference to how a sax feels when being played it can make all the difference in the world from feeling stiff and clunky to light and airy and precise and a joy to play.
And then similar I said at the start its not guaranteed that ownership a make new sax is going to be the best information technology can be, probably best to ask where you buy if they take an in house tech that has thoroughly checked the sax over and ready it upward for optimum playability
thomsax
Well-Known Fellow member
- #4
"Factory set up-upwardly"? Information technology means information technology should exist set-up equally the sax was when it leaved the factory. It's easier when we talk virtually new/modern saxes. How to factory fix a 95 years sometime Conn soprano? A manufacturing plant set gfourm sax? Or a B&S from the belatedly 70's? Maybe an Indiana (Martin)? Saxes that were made in a furios tempo and with less quality control and bad material. Yous don't wan't a factory prepare on saxes that were fabricated out of bad materials and manufactoring? N.B. I'1000 not saying saxes similar these are bad!
To set up an old sax is a compromise!?!?!?! And to how to deal with a mod moutpiece that is designed to work on modern horns and in modern music. Central heigts; low key heights and fast action and maybe muffled tone or open up the cardinal heights so the sax sings amend just losed action?
nigeld
Also many mouthpieces
- #5
Service levels for sax repairs and other woodwinds
Information technology is worth getting a setup, even for a new high-quality instrument. As @gladsaxisme says, saxophones are surprisingly delicate, and your sax may have been damaged in transit, or a factory defect may not have been noticed, or the mill setup may non be as practiced as it should be.
If yous are buying a new sax similar a Yamaha or a Yanagisawa, then the store ought to do this at no cost, but some shops don't, and some shops don't have a well-qualified person to practice it.
So you should ask the shop whether they volition accept fix the sax. If so, then I would wait it to be fine to play when you go it, if not then it is worth taking information technology to a good repair person. The setup should be cheap.
I would certainly not pay the shop extra money for a setup - they are supposed to make sure that what they sell is fit for purpose.
Pete Thomas
Well-Known Fellow member
- #half dozen
NB There are ii meanings:
one The specific make and spec of mouthpiece, reed and ligature you choose to utilise
2 The adjustment of cardinal heights, spring strength etc to either brand the instrument play at its best. Sometimes this is a personal preference so fifty-fifty if information technology is fix nicely at the end process of manufacture or by the store, some players get information technology set upwards by their own tech. (As mentioned in more than detail in replies above)
Same with many instruments such as guitars
Stephen Howard
Well-Known Member
- #8
And so I've read that a skillful "set upwards" is really important and tin can make all the difference to whether a sax plays to its full potential or not. Is this something that is done automatically by a store when I buy a new sax, or merely by some "better" stores, or exercise I need to request this service at extra price?
What does this service entail? When I buy my new sax, should I request this service? Even if my sax will be make spanking new? Doesn't a make spanking new sax play well right out of the box? I'grand considering a Yamaha YAS 280, 62, or Yanagisawa AWO 01 (leaning towards the latter).
Thank you for teaching a newbie!
Virtually no-one's doing a decent ready-upwardly-out-of-the-box these days - though Yanagisawa tend to fare better than most, but TJ currently hold the crown.
Sad to say it's probably a waste of fourth dimension request the store to have their tech go over the horn - there just isn't enough turn a profit on the price of a horn to cover the toll of a proper gear up-up.
Pete Thomas
Well-Known Member
- #x
Yes, after transit always be prepared to get information technology fettled.
Stephen Howard
Well-Known Member
- #12
As I learned more than and more than about repair, I came to realize that at that place are no "secrets" that are involved in "setting upwards" a saxophone. Information technology is just a "catch all" term that tin can include:
- adjustment and regulation
- adjusting primal heights
- adjusting leap tension
- checking for loose pivot or guard screws
- checking for leaks
- sometimes installing better materials than what came from the manufacturing plant
Completely agree - though I would add that a part of the process is tailoring the horn to suit the thespian...depending on their prowess (or otherwise).
This may non necessarily mean setting the horn upwardly for what would ordinarily exist considered optimum functioning.
As with the higher up, there'due south no mystery involved.
Pete Thomas
Well-Known Member
- #13
No, it's possible ane might get some really bad-mannered customer whose bizarre and perverted requirements totally eschew all the values one has nurtured throughout their unabridged professional career.
Merely has that ever happened? please don't answer 
Stephen Howard
Well-Known Member
- #fourteen
Yeah. Yeah information technology has.
Thing is...there's always a degree of breadth. Ordinarily I'd never prepare upwards, say, a Yamaha YAS280 with every bit low an activity as I could get away with on, say, a Conn 6M - but what do you do when the client asks for it?
Well, you talk them through the pros and cons and hope that they see sense - but not all of them practise.
Assuming they don't blow you abroad when they playtest the horn on collection you take two options: Ever exist busy when next they want whatsoever piece of work done...or charge them a modest premium for the inevitable hassle downwardly the line.
Pete Thomas
Well-Known Member
- #15
Is that why you are always decorated when I desire work done?
Stephen Howard
Well-Known Fellow member
- #16
Yeah...aye it is
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