Regardless at 89 pounds…..BARGAIN !!☺☺

LOL Sxpoet, our families are always are most honest critics…☺☺…..
Feeling a little frustrated myself today….
The fork fingerings on my 10M are still playing up..😕….
On my second tenor , a clunky old thing, a full chromatic octave in altissimo works fine…
I’m going to get it checked out tomorrow.
As much as I love that horn, I’ve a feeling I’m going to save some $$…..
Lupifaro make some fabulous horns…..
The standard model tenorsax comes in at about fifteen hundred ( pounds )…..
The plan is to wait until January; hit the sales.
From time to time I wonder whether or not to quit tenorsax and concentrate solely on bari….
I’m a better bari player, than tenor….
Just one of those days……
Vintage horns….sound great but can be high maintenance….not to worry, all in good time !!

The software sounds amazing…..
And a ” house producer “….. Miss Sxpoet…☺☺

Wow…dig the new update. Is anybody else getting these ?
Usually comes in as a standard G mail ( if you have ticked the box )….
Now it all, ” you have been mentioned in a status update “… Blah …blah…
Don’t think it was a private conversation , its up here !! The mysterious www…lol !!
Sxpoet; I said in a post a while back…you sound great man. How long has it been ? Do I remember four years ??
Yup, likewise mate, been one of those days. Here’s the thing. I’m not the most patient of souls.
I like to think I approach my practice sessions with as much zen ” less is more ” attitude.
I’m getting a lot better at that for sure…

Yesterday, I said , ” from now until the years end is more or less taken up by the top end and altissimo tenorsax …( my weak points )
Today; Monday, and half way through a session, I’m frustrated at not getting a clean altissimo chromatic scale !!
Sometimes, I expect too much too soon….
So; the 10M ??
I have always loved these horns. Some go for ” Martin “….” Beuscher “…” King “…that’s the vintage stuff. Oh, if you’ve got $10’000 to hand…a Selmer 6.
They are amazing horns. That’s the reason I guess, most of the pro players; Johnny included play them.
I did have one many years back…cost me three hundred pounds !!☺😕😕
That kind of cash for a horn ? I guess a car, any expensive hobby; its not ludicrous. If you are a pro player and it is your horn of choice; ??
Its always been vintage horns for me. I’ve owned two brand new horns. After my King bari was crushed by a toppled p.a stack, ” Mauriat ” had just come on the scene. The ” Mauriat ” bronze bari is by far and away the heaviest , clumsiest bari I’ve ever had the misfortune to own ( for a day !! ).
The second was a ” Phil Barone “…serial number..0001 !! I’d played on of PBs mpcs for a while ; he was nice enough to ask my opinion on his horns….I did pay !!
They were amongst the first Tai horns. It wasn’t too cheap and in the end that went to Spain.
Excuse my rambling. I’m just chilled out on the bed mulling over this altissimo problem…cont.