GT-Sax Red Bronze Straight Soprano

After playing tenor sax for many years, I decided to learn to play the soprano .

Since I sell high quality Professional  saxophones, I selected a GT-Sax Red Bronze straight soprano.  A while ago I read an article that seemed to indicate that the straight soprano would have less intonation problems than the curved model.

Next I paid a visit to Joe Giardullo of sopranoplanet.com. Joe is a good friend, an amazing musician and, as you can see from his website, an expert on all things soprano , especially mouthpieces.

I spent a few hours with Joe trying several mouthpieces and finally selected one of his premier models.  We then spent another hour as Joe tweaked the mouthpiece to better accommodate my “double embouchure” (I don’t let my teeth ever touch the mouthpiece) and explained some of the differences between a tenor and a soprano embouchure.

I’m now beginning work on the altissimo overtones, but enjoying the feel and sound of the soprano.

More to follow soon…