The lowest notes sound really warm and full, better than many sopranos!

@03Venture

5 жыл бұрын

Adolf Hedgehog: They do. I was pleasantly surprised by that when I finally got my new sopranino home.

I own this horn. For the price, it is more than a solid horn and plays well.

Very fun and instructional video! =)

isnt there a soprillo?

Beautiful tone and pitch control! :-)

After playing saxophone for about 6 years I have learned that the smaller the instrument the harder it is to play

The day I see these in my beginner band is the day I retire.

Thanks for your feedback. We've had some great responses from other players on our website remarking on the JP146's quality and resonance. The sound, of course, is highly dependent on a variety of factors including the mouthpiece, reed and skill of player. Although maybe not quite reaching the level of the Yanagisawa we feel the JP146 is a fantastic instrument at a great price.

i enjoy playing bass and Bb clarinets

I wanna frit around with this sax!!!

your forgetting the "soprillo" saxophone.. even smaller

Very Good !!

It has that sound of a really old Jazz record, I don't know why but it reminds me of the movie Aristocats, jaja. Excellent playing mate, when I have the currency I might just get one of these.

Smaller saxophones aren't necessarily easier to play. We generally suggest starting on an alto. For younger beginners, starting on a clarinet can be a better option and moving on when ready. Of course if a child really wants to learn a sax and you tell them to play a clarinet - they may not always like that. If you've got enough determination - and a lot of puff - you can achieve on the smaller saxes (or any instrument in fact!)

@jeremyatkinson208

9 жыл бұрын

TENOR RULES THOUGH!!! lol

@drinkablesausage3420

8 жыл бұрын

+jeremy atkinson Tenors!! ftw!!

@themajorchord

7 жыл бұрын

A well made mouthpiece is essential for these. Refacers can make any mouthpiece sing.

@balthazaarb3386

7 жыл бұрын

No crossing the break on alto or sopranino though.

@balthazaarb3386

7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Kirschenbaum , Excuse my ignorance Jeff.what are Refacers?

Thanks for your feedback. It's a great little instrument that has received some really positive reviews (you can find these on our website johnpacker.co.uk). If you're interested we have some ex-demo models available at £427 (saving of £75). Do let us know if you would like any more information on them. Our shop number is 01823 282386

@WinterZkingofcold same here

correction, second to the smallest. Soprillo saxophone is the smallest.

@wyndhleodumegwu253

7 жыл бұрын

L00PS : The soprillo also goes by another name; can you please tell me. I am unable to recall. Is the pitch Bb, or Eb - the Soprillo saxophone? Dude can play. He has a great sound, and masterful articulation. Not unlike in the case of the piccolo flute, neither the Sopranino nor the Soprillo must be recommended for kids ( or for beginners) Comfortable to hold, yes; very difficult to control, resulting in sound and intonation challenges

@Magnus44711URI

7 жыл бұрын

It's also called the sopranissimo sax, and it's pitched in Bb.

@wyndhleodumegwu253

7 жыл бұрын

Magnus4471URI : Many thanks, sir.

It isn't the smallest sax though, is it? The smallest is the soprillo. Maybe that wasn't invented when the video was made.

TRACKER JACKERS!!!

i've played one of them :D the thing is though, i've got ridiculously big hands and i was pressing like 2 buttons at the same time :/

Would u guys ever consider doing a curved bell sopranino? Or perhaps a soprillo?

@johnpacker

4 ай бұрын

Hi, this is not something that we have considered doing at present. Thanks for watching and commenting.

What was funny is that in my case I started on the bari but downgraded to the alto later!

What music are you playing in this demo? Sounds great!

what kind of reed do you use

Soprillo Sax mate

Good sound. Maybe pretty hard for a beginner

@pikefan23 just what i was thinking...

How much are they

@johnpacker

10 жыл бұрын

Hi Joseph, Currently they're on sale for £526. You can find out more from this link: www.johnpacker.co.uk/Catalogue/Woodwind/Saxophone/Specialist-Saxophone/JP146-Sopranino-Saxophone-Eb-Atom-with-rose-brass-body-102052#.U1pzWlVSh8E

So small that it needs no bends in it? No offense, but that has nothing to do with anything, since no saxophone truly needs to have any "bends" in them. In fact, there is a commercially produced CURVED sopranino available from Rampone Cazzani. There's also straight tenors and altos. It's merely a such thing as a practical length.

This saxophone is absolutley no solution for kids, in the hands of inexperienced players both the soprano and for sure the Sopranino (even smaller) with have huge intonation problems. Sound good in your hands old buddy but that is a really shitty sales pitch, forget it, this is NOT for kids.

Rarest

Be great in klezmer music

NEVER EVER START SOMEONE ON THIS. you don't start kids on Eb Clarinet either. The smaller horns are a lot more flippant and significantly difficult to play.

i like the way you speak English

it sounds like a more pleasant oboe :D

@03Venture

5 жыл бұрын

Larduk_ 1UK : Somebody has said it sounds like an oboe with more edge to it and I tend to agree.

1:01 Alto is way to big? Ha, start the kids on bari. :p

I'd never put a beginning student on this instrument. That's like telling a beginning trombone player to play alto trombone instead....

This guy is just selling and is giving bad advice, but he does play well.

Your vibrato... It makes me want to have babies.

but can a new player play this? soprano needs a LOT of pressure in the embouchure, i can only imagine this being worse

@03Venture

5 жыл бұрын

Brandon Foss : practice, practice, practice...

"An ideal learner's instrument". That's worrying - that it should be presented as such. Even the soprano presents challenges to a complete beginner. Indeed - I wouldn't trust a salesman that suggested this for kids. That said, having tried one of these - they are very good value to an experienced player wanting something different without breaking the bank.

This is NOT a solution for smaller children wanting to play the saxophone. The soprano and sopranino are much harder to play and control than the alto or tenor.

Absolutely not for kids. You will turn off parents, AND the kids will be frustrated with the firm embouchure needed and lack of intonation control.

@democracydignityhumanrights

2 жыл бұрын

When it comes to embouchure I feel like the same people who would struggle to ever overcome it would be the same who struggle with other wood winds. On Bb Clarinet if you don’t have good embouchure you won’t even get a sound other than a terrible squeak on the higher end. And you’ll sound absolutely terrible on the lower end and even get some squeaks there. This instrument is higher than a Clarinet, so I know it’s even harder to maintain tone, however, I don’t think it’s that much worse, you’ll sound like dog shit on the lower end and barely or won’t make sound on the high end. The thing that makes this instrument so terrible to recommend for kids is the price, even this cheaper one is terribly expensive for most people who have kids. If Alto Sax is too big for a kid just get them Clarinet, you can get one for about 1/3 of the price of this thing. Or at least my first clarinet was like $300 but I got a discount deal because I was a student. Later on I got a much nicer one, but to start a kid out get a cheap one. And for me it took me about one semester of school to get the whole embouchure thing figured out but once I did it was easy and now I can play any single reed instrument. I’ve never tried Oboe so I assume that would be different. But I’ve messed around with some saxophones before including a soprano. I gave my nice clarinet to my nephew but I was thinking of getting one of these actually. I don’t play professionally but I’ve played music for about 15 years (clarinet was my first instrument) and I play a bunch of different instruments and I imagine this isn’t that much harder than a soprano or a clarinet. Oh and speaking on embouchure, and part of why I think some people just get it and others don’t, is that no matter how hard I try, I can’t play brass instruments like trumpet. I feel like I’m doing it right but I don’t even get a sound, I tried for hours at a time before and do exactly what I’m told to do, I think part of it is just a persons anatomy with their teeth, jaw, and lips. It affects how the instrument is going to sit in/on your mouth even when you make adjustments. Some mouths are better suited for different instruments would be my guess. I mean surely you’ve heard what every first year clarinet student sounds like, and about half of those people sound exactly the same 3 years later when they decide to quit band.