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Last week, I visited several saxophone shops in Tokyo. I bought a pre Voll True King alto saxophone in Ishibashi Windpal (Ochanomizu). The alto's serial number is #100xxx, this number shows that the alto is produced in 1925-1930. The cost is JPY 138,000 (around $1,400). I am a new saxophone learner (for 7 months) so I could not test the sax ...
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Assuming those are as written for saxophone, rather than concert pitches, the example 1 will sound clumsy and heavy at tempos above 100 BPM. This is because getting those notes at the bottom of the range to start cleanly takes some extra effort. If you add in a requirement that they be soft, like dynamic p or pp, then it will take more work, and the top tempo may drop some. The other examples ...