{"id":3728,"date":"2008-12-10T08:27:17","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T15:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=3728"},"modified":"2009-08-08T13:33:10","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T20:33:10","slug":"improving-the-ergos-of-your-vintage-sax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2008\/improving-the-ergos-of-your-vintage-sax\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving The Ergos Of Your Vintage Sax"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I was poking around through SOTW the other day, I came across the posts, and ultimately the website,\u00a0of Martinmods<\/a>\u00a0of Miami.\u00a0 As I looked over his site, I was intrigued by the keywork modifications he was doing to the left hand table keys on spilt-bell, and left hand bell keyed vintage saxophones. \u00a0<\/p>\n

This is how he describes\u00a0his\u00a0modifications:<\/p>\n

Left-Hand Table Keys: Pinky Saver! Vastly Improved Over Original Design<\/p>\n

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  1. Arms extended 3\/8″ for 37.5% more leverage – no more reaching backward for that C#<\/li>\n
  2. Minimal increase in key motion<\/li>\n
  3. Bb\/C# plates meet at 45 degree angle for more natural finger movement<\/li>\n
  4. Double rollers on Bb\/C# plates<\/li>\n
  5. G# arm re-routed parallel to other arms, between B and C#, to avoid C# criss-cross<\/li>\n
  6. Contoured Bb plate<\/li>\n
  7. Brass or Mother of Pearl rollers<\/li>\n
  8. Non-Destructive Modification: You keep your original key arms\/key plates. I can restore your horn to it’s original condition with it’s original keys.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    For those of us who regularly wrestle with the pinky tables of our vintage horns, Martinmods’ new table looks rather promising.<\/p>\n

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    Martinmods’ website has links to\u00a0some YouTube demonstration videos, as well as information about who he is as a player, and what made him come up with the idea. (You know the old saying: Necessity is the mother of invention.)<\/p>\n

    Martinmods also notes some other projects he is working on, which will be available in the future, including:\u00a0Palm Keys – Thumb Rest (octave Key) – Thumb Hook – Side Keys – RH Table Key Rollers (brass) – Neck Tenons – Tone Holes. <\/em><\/p>\n

    BTW, Martinmods does have\u00a0the thumb hook for sale\u00a0on eBay already. It is available for ATB\/Magna\u00a0Martin horns.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0The other modification he is selling, that I didn’t see on his site, is a sharp\u00a0E2\/F2 fix.<\/a>This\u00a0brass insert is fitted for the Martin baritone’s\u00a0bore, but may work for other baris as well. (Although he doesn’t mention this particular\u00a0modification on his website, Martinmods does\u00a0have an article about why\u00a0E2-F#2 on baris (especially Martins) are problematic in the tuning department<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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    …this is just my blog<\/em>. <\/span> My \u201creal\u201d <\/b> website is<\/span> www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should check it out too.<\/span>There\u2019s lots<\/em> there! <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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    While I was poking around through SOTW the other day, I came across the posts, and ultimately the website,\u00a0of Martinmods\u00a0of Miami.\u00a0 As I looked over …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194],"tags":[150,640,638,660,639,193,644,141,643,31],"class_list":["post-3728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-modifications-saxophone","tag-american-saxophones","tag-buescher","tag-conn","tag-ebay","tag-martin","tag-modifications","tag-photos","tag-sax-on-the-web","tag-vintage-horns","tag-vintage-sax"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t