so you have:
1. The mouth piece – you should clean by soaking in warm soapy water for about 10 minutes, then rinse
2. The ligature – you should wipe with a soft moist towel – to use lightly tighten around mouth piece and reed, with screw(s) on top part of mouth piece.
3. The neck – to clean run cleaning rag through the neck with the cleaning rod, if the neck starts to smell or has gunk build up try running warm water through it but make sure to keep cork dry. Do not bend the octave lever or you could cause unwanted air leaks through the neck hole.
4. The neck Cork – to clean gently wipe with towel, to use apply cork grease until the mouth piece glides gently on the surface, but do not over grease.
5. The Key Shaft ( where all the keys are) – to clean gently rub with a micro fiber towel on the outside, you may use instrument safe polish for the keys; Remember to tighten the neck to the shaft with the screw attached to the top of the key shaft, but to not overly tighten because this may break the tightening mechanism. If the keys are sticking you may use key pad paper or wax paper to clean pads by placing the paper under the pad then pressing the key onto the paper multiple times, DO NOT remove paper from under the pad while the pad is pressed down on it. To clean the inside of the shaft use the cleaning rod and a shaft cleaner, ( the thing with a weight attached to string covered with a small cloth). You should NEVER EVER mess with the screws attaching the keys unless they are overly loose, also you should NEVER remove the springs, if they break take the sax to an instrument store to get fixed, doing it yourself or removing keys in order to clean them can do major damage to your sax, such as tuning problems and major air leaks which can ruin you sax.
6. Some saxes have a detachable bell, but you should be careful when removing them making sure to properly align the springs and keys.
7.To test the shaft and bell, try to get a general feeling of how your sax feels while playing warm ups, how fast the keys pop up or how hard do you generally have to press on the keys. If after you get a general feeling you feel something is off, examine the springs to the sax and make sure they are in place, also check the screws routinely on all parts of the sax. Constantly check to make sure your octave trigger is properly aligned and working, making sure the lever on the neck is applying enough pressure on the neck hole not allowing an air leak.
well the mouth peice tht contains the ligature and reed. you need to switch reeds about every month. umm then the neck, and the body and thats it really. make sure to put it together properly along with putting it away right and ur ok
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A.Davila
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 am
1so you have:
1. The mouth piece – you should clean by soaking in warm soapy water for about 10 minutes, then rinse
2. The ligature – you should wipe with a soft moist towel – to use lightly tighten around mouth piece and reed, with screw(s) on top part of mouth piece.
3. The neck – to clean run cleaning rag through the neck with the cleaning rod, if the neck starts to smell or has gunk build up try running warm water through it but make sure to keep cork dry. Do not bend the octave lever or you could cause unwanted air leaks through the neck hole.
4. The neck Cork – to clean gently wipe with towel, to use apply cork grease until the mouth piece glides gently on the surface, but do not over grease.
5. The Key Shaft ( where all the keys are) – to clean gently rub with a micro fiber towel on the outside, you may use instrument safe polish for the keys; Remember to tighten the neck to the shaft with the screw attached to the top of the key shaft, but to not overly tighten because this may break the tightening mechanism. If the keys are sticking you may use key pad paper or wax paper to clean pads by placing the paper under the pad then pressing the key onto the paper multiple times, DO NOT remove paper from under the pad while the pad is pressed down on it. To clean the inside of the shaft use the cleaning rod and a shaft cleaner, ( the thing with a weight attached to string covered with a small cloth). You should NEVER EVER mess with the screws attaching the keys unless they are overly loose, also you should NEVER remove the springs, if they break take the sax to an instrument store to get fixed, doing it yourself or removing keys in order to clean them can do major damage to your sax, such as tuning problems and major air leaks which can ruin you sax.
6. Some saxes have a detachable bell, but you should be careful when removing them making sure to properly align the springs and keys.
7.To test the shaft and bell, try to get a general feeling of how your sax feels while playing warm ups, how fast the keys pop up or how hard do you generally have to press on the keys. If after you get a general feeling you feel something is off, examine the springs to the sax and make sure they are in place, also check the screws routinely on all parts of the sax. Constantly check to make sure your octave trigger is properly aligned and working, making sure the lever on the neck is applying enough pressure on the neck hole not allowing an air leak.
DogLover8
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 am
2well the mouth peice tht contains the ligature and reed. you need to switch reeds about every month. umm then the neck, and the body and thats it really. make sure to put it together properly along with putting it away right and ur ok
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