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Me too. Played for many years. My alto needs some work if I decide to play again. All new pads and a tune up to balance the springs.
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I played alto sax in the high school jazz band and when I went to college.
I played baritone sax in marching band and in concert band.
I had a Selmer-Bundy student model alto my parents bought for me.
It was junk, I used a metal mouthpiece and I could get some volume out of it.
I sold it when I needed cash.
In my junior year in high school the band received new instruments.
The band director was able to talk the school into buying a 1977 Selmer Paris Mark VI Low A Bari Sax.
He "gave" it to me and told me he would wring my neck if I fucked it up.
I enjoyed playing it, I could really wail on it.
I used to start the day playing Tower of Power's Squib Cakes on it (I think every bari player does that).
I didn't like the soprano or tenor sax, I hated to transpose the music.