Came up with this on a bus trip with my church youth group:
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I went to Chuck Levin's last week and compared different tenor saxophones, so here's a review on each one:
Keilwerth SX90R in black nickel The SX90R features a large-diameter bell and a parabolic bore, and rolled tone hole inserts. These features serve to darken the tone yet maintain a huge sound. Intonation is right on and key action is swedged in tight. Sound quality is rich and husky with plenty of resonance. However, projection is at a premium, making this horn better for section work or chamber music.
Selmer Super-Action 80 Series II Two generations after the Mark VI, the Series II delivers better keywork and straight-on intonation. Sound character is darker than most other modern horns, with a sort of muted chamber feel. Unfortunately, mouthpiece compatability tends to be a little bit touchy. This horn feels like it's purely for legit.
Selmer Reference 54 The Reference is supposed to be a modern day copy of the Mark VI. Tone is a touch darker than the Series II, but feels kind of stuffy compared to the vintage Mark VI. Not exactly what I expected.
Vintage Selmer Mark VI The overhauled Mark VI handles like a dream and plays like the legend. The tone is rich and full with excellent projection. Lacquer is about 95% and serial number indicates that it was made sometime in 1973. It is equally at home in both legit and jazz. I liked everything about the horn except for one thing: the price tag.
Yanagisawa T992 in full bronze I was rather disappointed with the Yani. The action was smooth, but the horn felt really stuffy and severely lacked projection. Perhaps it was because it was the demo model, but I'm still not enthusiastic about it.
Dave Guardala Tenor in silver plate The Dave Guardala came as a bit of a surprise. Heck, I didn't even know the brand existed. The bottom end was reminiscent of the Keilwerth but once it got to a high A, the response went down the tubes and the resistance went waaaay up. I see the beginnings of a decent jazz horn, but it's still lacking.
Yamaha Custom Z in black lacquer The Yamaha Custom was simply incredible. The sound wasn't as dark as the Mark VI but it still had fullness to it and awesome projection. The resonance was incredible, but it was different from the Keilwerth. With the Keilwerth, the horn resonanted in your hands. With the Custom Z, the walls resonanted with your sound. I love the sound, plus it's got this gorgeous black lacquer finish to boot. :D
Okay, results of something funny I stole from Tara's LiveJournal (hehe): ~admit it, you're hot for Breanna (no kidding :roll:) ~you actually like Kati but there's just no spark or whatever ( :shock: eh?) ~you care a lot about Andrea (good friends have a tendency to do that) ~Doyle knows you better than you know yourself (good friends have a tendency to do THAT too) ~Jenn is your lucky star (wow, who would have guessed?) ~the song High Maintenance (Gordon Goodwin) reminds you of or describes your relationship with Breanna ~Beer (Reel Big Fish) is the song for Kati ~Come on Eileen (Save Ferris) is whats on your mind ~Where Have You Been? (Reel Big Fish) describes how you feel about life
That turned out pretty interesting, now didn't it?
In other news, I just got back from Michigan, where I took a huge long campus tour on Wednesday. There really wasn't anything else interesting. The trip up and back was horrendous at 7 hours each way; it's just good to be back home again.
In better news, the unofficial SAT results are back and I BROKE 1400!!! Composite score was 1460. I'm happy :D :D :D , now if only I could get to see Breanna within the next two weeks :? . Ah well, I've got stuff going for me now so I may as well enjoy it...
Came up with this on a bus trip with my church youth group: