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It is still my main tenor and I am thoroughly happy with it. I got the "ice storm" version of the series, and apart from it looking incredible and distinct, it plays a lot better than other intermediate tenors I've tried, and has a rich tone due to it being made of a heavier nickel-(brass?) alloy.
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It was fairly inexpensive, around $1100 I think, but everything about it exceeds the price tag. I got the A2 intermediate tenor, which was based off of a YTS-62 I believe. After a lot of looking around, I decided to take a chance with a CE Winds saxophone.
Antigua winds vs cannonball sax upgrade#
Towards the end of my senior year in high school, I decided to finally get my own tenor to and upgrade to an intermediate horn to play in college. Hey there! Chiming in because I am currently a music-major student. Good luck and have fun playing music, always. Just some advice from someone who's been there. Just a side note, I would reccomend staying away from the colorful finishes and stick with GOLD only, because as you get into auditioning for and playing with university circles people tend to prefer a standard gold lacquer horn.
Antigua winds vs cannonball sax pro#
Their intermediate line of horns (I believe Alacazar but I may be wrong) are nice, competitively priced, and have a similar feature set without the fancier appointments of a stone series or vintage reborn pro level. For what you would pay on an intermediate Yamaha, brand-new, you could get a pro Cannonball. My first non-rental horn was an intermediate level cannonball alto sax that I got around your age. I love the ergonomics that Cannonballs have to offer and they build their horns like miniature tanks, with all the "custom" engagements (double-arm c#-B-Bb, double-braced bell, "helper" G# spring) that can be typically found only adorning top-model horns from Yanisagawa, which can err on the side of dubious depending on whom you ask. Their pro-level horns maybe they don't hold up with a Selmer or Yani but will blow circles around any intermediate-range instrument. Yet another drinker of the Cannonball kool aid.