Woodwind brand Soprano Sax?

[Jeff Kopmanis]

I have a curved WW/BW soprano in black nickel. On pure aesthetics
alone, its a winner...it'll elicit more comments than your average
soprano.

The comments regarding intonation are well-founded, BUT, I think alot of
it can be attributed to the mpc...I changed to an Otto Link, and its
MUCH better over the runyon I had. With that said, I've played on an
expensive Yani' and its no better than the WW/BW. And I don't even want
to begin about an old Yamaha YSS-52 my high school has now...ick.

Bottom line: I dont' believe many sopranos are in-tune, but the players
who play them coax them into doing so.

I agree with Ron: Buy the horn and have fun.

-jeff. :)

Ron Jenkins wrote:
>
> I bought a Soprano from WW and BW about 5 years ago.
> I am not sure which model it is, but I play it regularly and think it is
> absolutley great for the price (about $550 at the time).
> It has been totally reliable (knock on wood).
> It is not perfectly in tune, but after all it is a saxophone, and after 40
> years, I haven't found a perfect one yet.
>
> Buy the Horn and have fun.
>
> Ron
>
> In article <92558656...@news.remarQ.com>, "Will Phillips"
> <beani...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Hello.
> > Before I go to college in the Fall, I want to get a Soprano Sax. I
> >don't intend to go into music, so I just want a sax that I can mess around
> >with. The Woodwind and Brasswind catalog has a black nickel finish straight
> >soprano for $750. Now, this seems like a really good deal for a soprano.
> >Anyone know if the horn is any good? I assume it's a stencil brand, but
> >does anyone know who actually makes it?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Will
> >
> >

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[Don Largen]

I bought a curved Woodwind soprano a year ago and have nothing but good
things to say about it. I use a Woodwind Imperial mouthpiece (hard rubber),
Royal Rico reeds (2.5), and a Rovner ligature. The result has been a
beautiful warm, round, full tone that never, and I mean NEVER has gone out
of tune while I've had it ( I check regularly).

I've had opportunities to compare it with an older Yanagasawa, a Selmer, and
a very old Buescher. Frankly, I find it to have equally good if not better
sound than the rest. Maybe I got lucky with this particular horn. For the
money I don't think you will find a better sounding instrument.

My two cents ....

Don

[mca...@my-dejanews.com]

I had the WW&BW send me both (their brand and a Yamaha). I have been
playing alto, but was new to soprano. The Yamaha was so much easier to play
that I was astonished. I had tested a Winston at a local store and would
compare the WW&BW model to that. I have had my Yamaha since Christmas and
still love it!

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