Selmer 'Mk VI' alto and tenor saxophones, produced over a twenty year period from 1954, have assumed legendary status - with rumours, 'inside knowledge' and strongly-held opinions adding to the myths that...
kathy2477 has written a very honest informative guide here and I would like to add a few words of advice of my own. For clarinettists this advice will go without saying but for parents buying instruments for...
Before we start, let me make one thing very, very clear: DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BUY THOSE DODGY CHINESE CLARINETS! They may be cheap, and look good, but trust me: they are the poorest quality...
As a woodwind musician hopefully some of this will help non-musical sellers out when listing instruments. There are some important details that buyers are interested in and it will save sellers a lot of time...
Casio DH-100 The Casio DH-100 is a monophonic MIDI instrument with 6 tones : Saxaphone,Trumpet,Synth Reed,Oboe,Clarinet,Flute. All of the tone's timbre changes depending on the breath control from the mouth...
Unless you are incredibly lucky, mouthpieces that are supplied as standard with instruments are not up to much and (even for an experienced player) can render the instrument all but unplayable! Whatever your...
As a qualified Brass Woodwind Musical Instrument Technician of many years experience I have seen many makes of clarinets come and go. Quite regular I keep getting asked questions about how, what, why etc to...
Photograhpic example of fake 7VWH , against a genuine one enclosed edited to keep to facts here 1: look for item listed as a copy or reproduction , replica etc 2: fully read the description 3: look out for...
I was mooching about e-bay the other evening with nothing much to do when I came across the forums. Looking through the various options I came across the music forum. M mm, a subject close to my heart I...
Within the last couple of years the quality of many of these instruments has improved; recent saxes by some chinese makers have been well reviewed in such publications as the Clarinet and saxophone society...