Really sharp up there, tried a few MPCs and reeds. Tips to iron this out? Octave gear doesn't seem to be functioning wrong, and I have made sure all rods are in place, so it would probably be some adjustments that I will have to make.
The original Beuscher C melody MPC, an odd Tenor MPC I have that works well with most C-Melody saxes that I encounter, an old Alto MPC, small chamber size, and a Berg Larsen 80/3 metal, with a little bigger chamber. Most of these work pretty decently with C-Mels I encounter. I haven't given Bass Clarinet reeds on the original MPC a try yet, but I can't really be bothered to. I cannot recall what brands the odd Tenor MPC and the old Alto MPC are, but I can say they have pretty similar chamber sizes to the C-Mel piece. Also, with Low B and Bb on all of these mpcs, it goes a bit flat, but that is most likely due to those bars not sealing, which I have noted they aren't. Another case of can't be bothered. If I press a little firmer, they seal and it goes to pitch.That's a lil' non-specific when it comes to troubleshooting a problem. What mpcs?
That's a lil' non-specific when it comes to troubleshooting a problem. What mpcs?Really sharp up there, tried a few MPCs...
Yeah, I was thinking that. I have noticed my G key pad is too thick, someone did a repad on this using some seriously thick pads on the upper stack. I recently had a chance to work on a ?24 Beuscher with the original pads, and the oddly fiberous material below the white leather. Kinda made me nervous, that stuff. Kinda seemed like asbestos. Anyway, I noticed how those pads were mostly pretty close to being even with the pad cup, or only going slightly past it. Yeah, my pads don?t do that. Also, that one was definitely silver plated, and also had snap in resonators. Mine has no resonators and is kinda greenish, sort of like a really dull satin gold finish... it may have just all worn off though, but then why would it ALL be uniformly that way?Did you try the FAXX C-Mel Mouthpiece?
I had my digital tuner out for one of my vids....That model Buescher shouldn't be so wonky with the tuning.
Yeah, I got it figured out, the upper stack plays in tune with the original MPC now, though it is now pretty much confined to just that MPC to be in tune. Below low D still goes progressively flatter, but been too busy with band and my cars to bother with it lately. As it gets colder, I will be even more busy with my cars, but at least band will calm down.I'm curious, did the OP ever solve this problem? I would say it's bizarre that the original piece played out of tune, but my TT bari plays out of tune with a pickle barrel, so I can't say I find it that surprising.
OP, did you set the key heights yourself? If not, was it last serviced by a sax specialist or just some tech? I wonder if that is the source of the problem.
I think I know the A 'anti-node' thing Eradium mentioned - with the tenor Florida Link I use, my Buescher's A2 wants to be about 15 cents sharp while the A1 is perfectly in-tune. It's a few cents sharp with every piece, but only that much with that one STM (coincidentally the piece I like most on the horn).
Not at all. Smells like an old musty barn that has seen better times... Yeah, I know it is the pads, but I personally think it adds character. But it has no metallic smell to it whatsoever. Also, it does have spots where prints were worn into (or tarnished into) the lower thumb rest, and the Eb key had the coolest looking tarnish pattern on it, it was black, but it is really faded and faint. it has DEFINITELY had its fair share of use. Key rods were pretty worn down, and I did have to replace a few pivot screws (albeit recently, but it was due to how worn out they were). Person who owned it before the previous owner supposedly used it on gigs for 10 years. No idea about anything else, but it seems to line up.It?s probably a bare brass model. No playing whatsoever.
Does it have a strong metal smell?
I'm beginning to suspect you may have the wrong neck for that body, or that the dimensions of the neck have been altered (possibly by well-intended repairs). That is just ludicrously far out, and no amount of pushing in will bring the bottom end up a semitone. Even if it did, you'd be so egregiously sharp up high that crescents would be beyond pointless to attempt.I am viewing this as more of last resort, but the low Bb is over a whole step flat, and it begins rapidly going progressively more flat around low F natural... I can lip down all day, but I cannot lip up anywhere near as much...
Neither of mine (1919 and 1923) had resonators, at least not until I replaced some of the pads. Neither one had snap-in pads, either.Just thought about something. The True-Tones has resonators, right? Mine has none... I recently worked on a friend's 1922 Buescher C-Mel, his had resonators... weird... I think someone removed them on mine... might that be the cause?!