Selmer Alto Saxophone

Selmer Alto Saxophone

If you are looking for a outstanding alto sax at an lowpriced price, you have found it in the Conductor Model 300 alto saxophone. The Conductor brand of instruments from The Instrument Store are top quality student instruments which are approved by teachers and applied in schools and band programs all around the country. We trade them without “the middleman” which provides a tremendous savings for our customers. We warranty all of the Conductor instruments for one full year so you don’t have to worry with regards to your purchase. Each instrument comes with a full 30 day “unconditional” cash back guarantee. Why buy a employed instrument, when you may have a brand new one with a warranty? Our staff is the amidst the most helpful and welleducated in the musical instrument business. We service each instrument before shipping. The Conductor Model 300 alto sax is gorgeous gold lacquered alto sax and comes finish with a carrying case, mouthpiece, ligature, cap and neckstrap. The tone is great and it is an magnificent outfit for students of all ages.

Many instructors will commend the Selmer S80 mouthpiece to students that have been playing for a little while on the commonly cheap mouthpiece that came with their sax when they purchased or rented it. These are normally very cheap plastic ones and a beginner will outgrow them quickly.

Probably the most commended is the Selmer C star, (Selmer C*) because of it’s medium size (opening, see beneath for explanation). It’s been numerous years since I’ve played on a Selmer C Star but a beginner moving up to one of these from a cheap one will instantaneously observe a divergence in their sound and the way it feels… a noticeable step up.

Many refer to this as a “step up” mouthpiece. If you’ve been around a saxophone for any amount of time you’ll know that Selmer is one of the top names in the world for their quality saxophones, and yes, mouthpiece’s too.

I’ve always said that your mouthpiece and reed setup is even more necessary than your saxophone. Obviously we all look for a pretty feeling, top quality horn we may afford but as you’re coming up to your pro model you may still have big success constructing your tone with a good mouthpiece… even if you don’t have a outstanding saxophone. The opposite is not true… you can’t play a top quality pro sax with a cheap plastic mouthpiece and get a great sound.

Every mouthpiece manufacturer has a more or less dissimilar way of categorizing and labeling their mouthpiece sizes and the Selmer mouthpiece measuring scheme uses letters rather of numbers to rate the size of the mouthpiece: Letters A through H… A being the more closed, the smallest distance from the reed to the mouthpiece. H is the most opened.

The C is a medium to medium closed making it a good choice for beginners to get a good, full and warm sound. A closed mouthpiece will give a darker tone and a actually opened one will invent a more magnificent tone.

Of course the player may still get dissimilar types of tones from any mouthpiece with the embouchure, reed size, air etc but the mouthpiece may be the divergence in this being easy or hard. The mouthpiece itself is a huge part of the overall picture but don’t forget that embouchure, breathing technique, reed type and reed strength and your saxophone all play into it.

And yes, you may get the Selmer S80 for soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxes.

Selmer Alto Saxophone Picture

Selmer Alto Saxophone Picture

Selmer Alto Saxophone Photo

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13 of 15 persons found the following review helpful.
Best possible buy for beginners!
By Frank from Reading
My fourth grade son started saxaphone this year and when looking at the cost of renting, we knew there had to be a better way. We got this sax in 2 days and brought it to his music teacher for approval. She was exceedingly skeptical when we told her what we paid for it. Once she played it notwithstanding she was forced to eat her words. I recognise not one thing in regards to saxaphones but she said, “The sound is great, the action is great, it’s surely very nice to look at and it is a little heavy (sounds to me like code for sturdy sufficient for a 9 year old boy).” So basically I purchased my son a sax that without apparent effort passed muster with a skeptical music teacher that cost me less than renting one for 1 year. I don’t think Kenng G would be grateful for it but for a beginner, it is a no miss.

6 of 7 humans found the following review helpful.
I was blown away……….
By AnnaM01
While in school, I played the alto saxophone for eight years. The day of my high school graduation, I played one last time with the band and haven’t touched a saxophone since. Over the last ten years, I’ve started to regret that decision and start out to look online for a reasonable priced alto just to play around with. When I came throughout the Conductor Model 300 Alto Saxophone, I was totally blown away by the price and more then a little skeptical. After reading rave reviews, I decisive to give it shot……..I figured I could always return it if it was an inferior product. I received the saxophone in the mail yesterday and was wholly delighted! The horn has a superior look and a outstanding sound, it’s even better then the one that I played all those years. I would highly commend this instrument to anyone, it is well worth the money!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
A cool thing
By Ajay Pandey
My kid found this one requiring little effort to play. Keys are more smooth then the former rented instrumented I had.
Sound is likewise batter.

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