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smiffy
11/12/08 3:10:35 PM
The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
... or just Walstein

Well someone did suggest it

Good points, bad points



Phosphor Bronze Walstein tenor (pre Bahaus)
Yamaha 5 MP
RJS 2M
Og's BG lig for now
BG harness

Needed a G# leak fixed and an oil up and a screw fell out

Both F#'s were a bit flat to start with but ok now





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jonf
11/12/08 5:42:37 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
OK, here's mine

Bahaus Walstein Soprano
Bari Gold 7 mouthpiece, RJS 2M reeds

Blows a storm, fantastic tone, keys feel nice with a good solid action

Down side, top C# is very flat, one of the side keys is bent (but perfectly functional) and the pads were ridiculously sticky when new. Supplied mouthpiece is abysmal.


Jon

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smiffy
11/12/08 5:51:09 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Soprano
Bent or straight?

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tonymoroney
11/12/08 6:06:29 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Mine is:

Bauhaus Tenor Phos Bronze
Otto Link Metal 5*
Rico Jazz Select 2M or Alexander Superial 2 1/2

I've only had it a few days, having fun, plan to get it checked over by someone that's a better player than me real soon to get a verdict

I bought the mpc because I'd heard not so great things about the one that comes with it.

All good so far

T.

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Bauhaus-Walstein Bronze Tenor


tommapfumo
11/12/08 8:48:03 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Mine is:

Bauhaus Curved Soprano
Brancher J15 Metal/V16 6S
Brancher/Vandoren Masters Ligatures
Marca Jazz 2.5's

Mainly playing Jan Garbarek and all sorts of improvising, primarily with the emergence of a medieval oboe type sound. Had to trim the cork down quite a bit to get any mouthpiece on it.
Very good intonation - some of the side keys take a while to adjust to, but sound is really good.

Tom

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dooce
11/12/08 10:00:09 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Straight soprano that has been in the country only about a week.
Yam 6C with 2.5 Vandoren Java reeds.
Still in the very early stages of getting familiar with it, but found the standard piece and reed blew fine although it did make a pretty unpleasant noise.
Sticky pads, funny oscillations at D and below but that is something that fiddling with embouchure, and maybe reed strength should sort out.

Does anyone else find that the bent crook plays easier than the straight?

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jadoube
11/12/08 10:47:24 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Phosphor Bronze Walstein tenor
Selmer S80

No real problems. In first few weeks I had to glue a bit of cork that fell off under the A key, and nearly lost the screw off the lyre holder. Cork was very large on the mpiece and I managed to damage it trying to remedy, so that's been replaced. My fault.


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jonf
12/12/08 07:45:17 AM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Smiffy wrote:
Soprano
Bent or straight?


Curly for me

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pjonah
12/12/08 09:56:30 AM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Can I join as a "Friend of a Bauhaus Walstein" owner, I feel left out and unwanted!

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smiffy
12/12/08 1:33:23 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Sure you can , all welcome

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tommapfumo
12/12/08 4:44:23 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Hi Smiffy!

Where did you get that photo of old git?

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col9
12/12/08 5:10:33 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Hi fellow Walstein owners (and friends )

Walstein Baritone prototype
Stock mouthpiece.

No problems for over 14 months Slight problem with octave mech when new, but very quickly sorted. And a cork fell off the G# which was no biggy.

Bad points none really minor finish marks but it is a prototype so you know...... Its taken a while to get comfortable with but I'm sure that's a learning sax on a bari thing and not a Walstein specific thing.

col.

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sax_starved
12/12/08 5:37:42 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Mine's a Phosphor Bronze Bauhaus Walstein Tenor with Yamaha 5C and Rico 2.5 reeds. Initially I couldn't hit the low B but no problem now. The D key began to clonk and this was due to the mini pad on the return arm coming loose, when I checked the E and F these were a little wonky as well so I removed them all and replaced them with a dab of Superglue.
Other than that I think it's great and get a really nice sound, particularly at the lower end.

Lloyd


mikec
12/12/08 6:19:45 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
I have a phosphor Bronze tenor, and I'm currently using a Berg Larsen MPC. A couple of cork bits have fallen off, and its pads are sticky at the moment, but otherwise there are no problems and I am very pleased with it.

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birdman
12/12/08 9:54:36 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
I thought this may be of interest, i sent a Bauhaus Phosphor tenor saxophone to Lawrie Waldron @ LAW Handmade mouthpieces
UK. The link if it works should take you to a sax on the web review

http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?t=100297


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tonymoroney
12/12/08 10:17:48 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Birdman wrote:
I thought this may be of interest, i sent a Bauhaus Phosphor tenor saxophone to Lawrie Waldron @ LAW Handmade mouthpieces
UK. The link if it works should take you to a sax on the web review

http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?t=100297


Birdman

A horn aint just for xmas its for life
www.studiosaxophones.co.uk


Just read the review, and it looks like more great news

Along with someone else that concurs with the high opinion, it seems like general complaints are cork & felt issues with the fit and finish of the instrument. Otherwise looks like sunshine all the way in the value for money stakes!!

Thanks Birdman, Nice one!!

T.

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linky_lee
19/12/08 1:37:39 PM
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UK. The link if it works should take you to a sax on the web review <br>
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Along with someone else that concurs with the high opinion, it seems like general complaints are cork & felt issues with the fit and finish of the instrument. Otherwise looks like sunshine all the way in the value for money stakes!! <br>
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Thanks Birdman, Nice one!! <br>
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T.<br>

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Alto: Yamaha YAS-62 (1983) or Martin Handcraft (1925), Yani 6, ZZ 3
Tenor: Walstein Phosphor Bronze (2007 prototype), Vandoren T75, ZZ 3

davew
25/12/08 11:35:42 AM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Front top F key, anyone got this to 'work' on the Tenor?

May be I'm doing something wrong but I can't get anything out of it

Pete Thomas
25/12/08 3:29:52 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Excuse me for pointing out what you may already know, but first make sure you can get a good F with the palm key and secondly make sure you are using the right fingering. You must hold down the C key with the front F.

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tonymoroney
25/12/08 6:03:15 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Hi DaveW,

Can confirm (just tried) that I can hit high F on my Walstein Tenor, but I do have "run up" to it, due to my lack of ability, but if I take a good run up I can hit it fine.

Cheers

T>

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davew
25/12/08 6:04:12 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Hi Pete,

Yes I can get a good F with the palm key but with the high F key it is as if someone had put a cork bung in the neck

Had another go and can now get F but it seems to take a lot more air support than the palm key..guess I won't be using the high F key very often

davew
25/12/08 11:37:04 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
I find the palm keys easier to blow but more of a struggle to manipulate. More practice needed

byteofthecherry
26/12/08 11:49:20 AM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
For the palm keys get yourself the rubber 'slip on risers' 'n' dont be afraid to bend the lower portion of the teardrop keys to a better position...worked for me..

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tonymoroney
27/12/08 09:23:34 AM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
Linky wrote:
The case is wrecked though, time for a hiscox.


Hey Linky,

I bought a Hiscox at the same time that I bought my Walstein Tenor. So I have an unused (it was only used to ship it to me in a cardboard box) Walstein Tenor case. If you're interested make me an offer, it'll save you stumping up for a new Hiscox for a bit longer yet.

Or if anyone else is interested, let me know. 10% of sale goes to Pete's Charity.

Cheers

T.

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dooce
30/12/08 10:04:31 AM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
After a couple of weeks struggling with the upper octave of my new soprano - sounds weedy/reedy, can't get anything from the palm keys and rubbish intonation above G - I spent this morning looking carefully at the action and noticed that the upper octave key on the body was barely opening.

It's so complicated - I am used to a pre-historic Conn tenor that has about half the ironmongery of the Walstein, but eventually tracked it down to a bit of packaging that I hadn't spotted before - the rod that activates the crook octave key had a tiny plastic sleeve on it for protection.

Got that off and, wah-hey - 2 of the above probs solved. Still struggling with the palm keys but at least they sound like I might get there eventually.

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u_can_call_me_al
30/12/08 5:23:52 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
I hate to tell you this but that bit of plastic packaging was a teflon sleeve to prevent undue wear on the mechanism. There was obviously a problem if removing it solved it. Probably a knock bent the octave key outwards towards the neck ring. I suggest you see a sax tech and get him to correct it

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tommapfumo
30/12/08 6:44:56 PM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
I had wondered about that as well, UCCMA

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dooce
31/12/08 07:22:15 AM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
U Can Call Me Al wrote:
I hate to tell you this but that bit of plastic packaging was a teflon sleeve to prevent undue wear on the mechanism. There was obviously a problem if removing it solved it. Probably a knock bent the octave key outwards towards the neck ring. I suggest you see a sax tech and get him to correct it


Thanks for that but if it's teflon, it's not teflon as we know it Jim (sorry, Al). Looked like a very standard piece of plastic tubing to me, but I will call WW&B to discuss - it's only 2 weeks old so I won't be getting it fixed at my own cost just yet!

As an aside, if they have to fit plastic sleeves to protect metal parts, what does that say about the quality of metal they are using? And how long does the, presumably, sacrificial bit of plastic last?



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davew
31/12/08 07:59:13 AM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
I lost that sleeve on my BW tenor Bill and when I took it into the local repairer for a different problem he said the sleeve was there to stop the metal 'clunking' when you operate the octave key.

He replaced the missing sleeve.

I think you will find that every potential metal to metal contact is cushioned by either felt or cork.

BTW My sleeve looked like ordinary plastic

tommapfumo
31/12/08 08:15:09 AM
Re: The Bahaus Walstein Sax Owners Thread
The plastic/teflon sleeve on my Ref 54 Alto seems to work fine, as does the one on my T901 Tenor. Its not clear what point you are trying to make, but it seems a negative one. As DaveW says it is very much the norm, and desined to protect the metal and avoid clunking - same reason you have felt pads on trumpet valves.

Kind regards
Tom

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