Thanks Mel, that’s real kind of you. Yeah I’ve spent the day Blowin along to all kind of backing tracks and just putting my tenor licks onto alto. Not good. Its been tough, but I’m hoping the alto will sell and I can get right back to.it. Man, I need another tenorsax !!

Thanks Peter, that is something I’ve considered. Its usually rental to school kids and the better horns are not cheap to rent from specialist companies. I’m literally going right through the book. Any dealer I’ve known, I’m asking to take the alto for a working tenor. On E Bay there are horns for as little as two fifty ( pounds ). I know that within two, three weeks, I can save that, its just having not earned for nine months, every last cent is gone. Sods law dictates, if I were an alto player, I’d be over the moon. ( did you take a look ? ). Surely there must be a way to change a great little alto for a working tenor. Thanks man but those are the options. Hopefully the alto will sell and I can add the extra, that would secure a nice stencil for now.

One last time. The alto is listed under Martin altos. silverfoxpeterjason is an old friend. I’m down to a cheap pad and don’t have PayPal, so he has helped me right back from when the going couldn’t get better. Right now I’m totally lost. I play daily, I have to. It keeps up the discipline but frankly is totally wasted. When this is sorted, I won’t ever pick up another alto, I’ll leave that end to the alto \ sop players. There are some great ones about, but give me a tenor or bari every time. ANY WORKING T \B..regardless of how it looks. PLEASE LET ME KNOW !! It will come good..it has to. I started at sixteen, I’m fifty three now. The run of bad luck is mind blowing !!

sxpoet man that’s not good news. Thanks for the link. I was reading last night; something about if you push too hard you’ll be tying yourself in knots. Better be calm ; nothings going to change until the time is right. I avoid cafe sax and ” socks in the wash “. They have this hierarchy going on. The folk are on there non stop !! If you question their thinking you end up arguing with the whole bunch. I tried it, made a coupla friends but the big site, Forget it !! Its all about the $$$$$$ from advertising overpriced junk.