Suitable Temperatures for Sax

[Joe Castleman]

Greetings, Comrades!

What would you recommend as the highest temperature that a sax should
withstand for extended periods of time?

Now that the weather is cooling off (relatively speaking; highs in the
low- to mid-80s), I might try practicing outside. There is a very old
cemetery close to where I work, and the way I see it, I'm probably not
going to bother anyone there with my overtones, scales etc.

I am thinking of putting the sax in the trunk of my car when I leave for
work, leave the sax in the car until I'm done, drive to the cemetery in
the late afternoon and then practice.

If it's 80 to 85 deg. F outside, I wonder how hot it would be in the trunk
of the car? I wonder if that is too hot to leave a sax sitting for 8 to
10 hours?

Before you ask, I would really prefer not to bring the sax inside the
office with me, even though the temperature is more suitable. I am sure
this will sound crazy, but I would rather not mix those particular aspects
of my life together -- too many bad vibes at work, and I'm afraid that no
amount of polishing would exorcise them from the horn. I'm serious.
(Would you bring your mother inside the boy's locker room at a junior
high?)

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Joe Castleman -- jca...@io.com
Gyrofrog Communications -- http://www.io.com/~jcastle
Austin, Texas U.S.A.

[linc...@hotmail.com]

I'm not horn tech, I used to build and fix guitars, though. The
general rule of thumb was that you should never leave an instrument
anywhere you wouldn't leave your baby.

Aside from the oxygen situation, and the illegalities, I don't see
anything wrong with locking a baby in a trunk if it's in the 80's.

But you should put a thermometer in the trunk and test it. It might be
80 outside, but the sun beating down on the car might make it hotter
in the trunk.

Also, I'm from Texas and I know that the weather can change abruptly.
Be careful for that too.

If it gets too cold, you run the risk of putting cracks in the
lacquer. If it's lacquer that holds in your pads, it could weaken
them. If there's glue anywhere in the horn holding anyting together,
then don't let it get too hot..

Lincoln

[Chris65150]

dont leavr your saxophone in the back
the heat and humitie will kill
your pads and eat the laqure of
ane in time make your $3,000. a piece
of junk .
christopher