{"id":20731,"date":"2010-08-12T08:58:54","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T15:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=20731"},"modified":"2024-05-12T10:50:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T17:50:41","slug":"my-first-few-months-of-being-a-first-time-bass-saxophone-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2010\/my-first-few-months-of-being-a-first-time-bass-saxophone-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Few Months Of Being A First-Time Bass Saxophone Owner"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Bassic Sax Guest Columnist, Glenn G<\/h3>\n

I\u2019ve owned my bass for about four months now. As I indicated in my article on bass cases,<\/a> it is a 10-year-old Keilwerth. The horn was in great shape when I purchased it.<\/p>\n

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My first challenge was to find a suitable mouthpiece. The previous owner included an old Selmer piece that I think is a modified bari piece and the Keilwerth piece that came with the horn. He told me \u201cNo one uses the Keilwerth piece\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Selmer piece really didn\u2019t do it for me. The Keilwerth didn\u2019t fit the neck\u2014the opening was too large. Luckily, I had been reading Helen\u2019s Bassic Sax Blog and website and knew that Paul Coats offered a modified bari piece<\/a>. I ordered one and had great results with it.  <\/p>\n

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     Photo by H. Kahlke \u00a9 2010<\/h6>\n

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     Photo by H. Kahlke \u00a9 2010<\/h6>\n

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     Photo by H. Kahlke \u00a9 2010<\/h6>\n

At first, I did have some issues with middle D, E and Eb. I understand that these can be problematic on the bass. I am not a professional musician. I practice regularly with the bass and Paul\u2019s piece. At this point it is all coming together, although I am still working on budgeting my breathing.<\/p>\n

I did put some paper on the neck to try the Keilwerth with some Vandoren bass reeds and found that it didn\u2019t work well. I also ordered a Vandoren bass piece, used it with my Vandoren reeds, but returned it. <\/p>\n

The Vandoren bass reeds are $5.00 each, so I\u2019m glad Paul Coats\u2019 bari piece works. I use a Fibracell 1.5 on it; also the Coats modified Runyon 88 bari mouthpiece is less than $100.<\/p>\n

I was at a Jazz camp at the end of July. Everyone was congregating in the bar on the final night after the concert. I mentioned to one of the participants that I had a bass. He went on about it having no parts written for it. It was just a novelty for everyone to go ga ga and to say, \u201cWow a Bass Sax\u201d.  I told him that I didn\u2019t disagree with what he said. He then said: Oh, you own<\/span> a Bass Sax!  <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t care; I\u2019m having fun with it. I see people who buy motorcycles, boats, ski-mobiles, etc, which cost more\u2014sometimes much more\u2014than a bass sax, and are very expensive to maintain and house. A bass sax costs little to feed and house. If I did decide to part with it, I may lose a bit of money or maybe make a small profit. I\u2019m not concerned; I\u2019m having fun with it. It\u2019s money well spent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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