Professional Saxophones
How to choose your professional saxophone
When looking to buy a professional saxophone, if you are a professional musician you will already know that you will need to be spending several thousand of dollars on your new instrument. This can be a daunting prospect as firstly, it is a lot of money to spend and secondly, you will want to choose the perfect instrument as you will want it to last a long time in your professional career.
What style do you want?
As you can buy many different saxophones you first need to decide on what style you want to play on your saxophone. When you are a student it doesn’t matter if you play jazz and classical on the same instrument but when you are a professional it is advisable to have a different saxophone for playing different styles as different styles require different tones.
What size?
This may seem obvious but what size are you looking at buying? Saxophones come in different sizes and keys so this will tie in with the question above. You will have to base your saxophone size on the style of music that you want to play on it.
Give it a go!
It is very good advice to play the saxophone you are considering buying before you buy it. Seeing as you are looking at several thousands of dollars to spend on this saxophone you will want to make sure that it is the right one for you first. Many places that sell professional saxophones will let you try it out for a week or more so that you can get an idea of how the saxophone suits you and your solo and ensemble playing.
Do you need an upgrade?
The most common reason for wanting to upgrade to a professional instrument is the desire for a better tone or better quality of tone but beware upgrading your instrument too early. It is best to get advice from a professional before deciding to buy a professional saxophone. It is also best to buy your new saxophone from someone who knows what they are doing.
Servicing
When you have decided on the saxophone that you want, make sure it is properly serviced. There is nothing worse than buying a new instrument to find that it isn’t exactly serviced right. With brass and woodwind instruments however it is always best to buy a brand new instrument as they are the best quality. Stringed instruments are always best when they are older as they get a better tone the more they are played. A professional saxophone is best brought brand new.
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