<![CDATA[It seems that time has come round again when I contemplate buying a saxophone… 😬]]>It seems that time has come round again when I contemplate buying a saxophone… 😬

]]>https://a440.social/topic/73/it-seems-that-time-has-come-round-again-when-i-contemplate-buying-a-saxophoneRSS for NodeSat, 22 Aug 2026 03:30:48 GMTSat, 08 Aug 2026 14:10:57 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that time has come round again when I contemplate buying a saxophone… 😬 on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:28:10 GMT]]>@brian I started playing at 42, it's never too late!

]]>https://a440.social/post/https://drupal.community/users/jeni/statuses/117065547139502175https://a440.social/post/https://drupal.community/users/jeni/statuses/117065547139502175Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:28:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that time has come round again when I contemplate buying a saxophone… 😬 on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:18:11 GMT]]>@jeni

The temptation is very great, but since I’m in my early (actually mid, let’s be honest) 50s, I wonder how I’d get on with it.

]]>https://a440.social/post/https://beige.party/users/brian/statuses/117061733015730169https://a440.social/post/https://beige.party/users/brian/statuses/117061733015730169Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:18:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that time has come round again when I contemplate buying a saxophone… 😬 on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:57:25 GMT]]>@brian Do it! 🎷

]]>https://a440.social/post/https://drupal.community/users/jeni/statuses/117061415423179835https://a440.social/post/https://drupal.community/users/jeni/statuses/117061415423179835Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:57:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that time has come round again when I contemplate buying a saxophone… 😬 on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:45:49 GMT]]>@Nead @BigJackBrass

And that is surely the real question here. Just get an English horn…

]]>https://a440.social/post/https://beige.party/users/brian/statuses/117061369815525455https://a440.social/post/https://beige.party/users/brian/statuses/117061369815525455Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:45:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that time has come round again when I contemplate buying a saxophone… 😬 on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:41:28 GMT]]>@mrowster

What a gorgeous instrument!

]]>https://a440.social/post/https://beige.party/users/brian/statuses/117061352745710601https://a440.social/post/https://beige.party/users/brian/statuses/117061352745710601Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:41:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that time has come round again when I contemplate buying a saxophone… 😬 on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:50:35 GMT]]>@BigJackBrass @brian Sent this to my friend who's a tenor player. He replied, "Only 40 made so not sure what the demand was and who wants a saxophone that sounds like an english horn?"

]]>https://a440.social/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/Nead/statuses/117061152657539938https://a440.social/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/Nead/statuses/117061152657539938Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:50:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that time has come round again when I contemplate buying a saxophone… 😬 on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:15:07 GMT]]>@brian I sometimes dream of stumbling upon one of those old white plastic Grafton alto saxophones - the kind that Ornette played on Shape of Jazz to Come - in a local charity shop

]]>https://a440.social/post/https://linernotes.club/users/mrowster/statuses/117060777225416435https://a440.social/post/https://linernotes.club/users/mrowster/statuses/117060777225416435Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:15:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that time has come round again when I contemplate buying a saxophone… 😬 on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:27:26 GMT]]>@brian It’s a real oddity, one of those things that seems to be greatly desirable entirely because of scarcity rather than actually being terribly good. But most accounts they’re a bit harsh.

]]>https://a440.social/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/BigJackBrass/statuses/117060353832088407https://a440.social/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/BigJackBrass/statuses/117060353832088407Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:27:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that time has come round again when I contemplate buying a saxophone… 😬 on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:24:48 GMT]]>@BigJackBrass

Amazing. I never knew I wanted something that looked like a heckelphone…

]]>https://a440.social/post/https://beige.party/users/brian/statuses/117060343455813721https://a440.social/post/https://beige.party/users/brian/statuses/117060343455813721Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:24:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that time has come round again when I contemplate buying a saxophone… 😬 on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:23:15 GMT]]>@brian 😉

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