I refer yee to my posts on Nickel Plated's Maxtone thread in accordance to Johnson's post. : )

what ever you jealous pieces of shit

I know, I'm so jealous! I shouldn't have gotten that Yamaha Custom or old damn Mark VI, I should've gotten the ebay French engineered Maxtone! Darn! ; )

------------------------------------------------------------- what ever you jealous pieces of shit ------------------------------------------------------------- Why would I be jealous of a $240 horn? I could buy one quite easily if I were inclined to waste my money to such an effect.

hey guys, knock it off, were supposed to be helping remember? I'm sorry dude, if you talk to anyone with expirience those horns are bad news. They are tiawaneese made (yes they say by freanch engineer, that could mean some guy with a freanch accent drew it once) and they have inferrier parts. After a little while it WILL need repairs (as all horns do) and most techs will not een touch them, they are almost like fiberglass. The tone, action, and intonation are Ok, not great but ok, however if you buy one dont plan on having it for more than 6 months or so. I would HIGHLY discourage you from those brands who are not the mainstream (yes higher priced) saxes, and I think every pro out there to help would agree (you will NEVER see a pro on one). I'm sorry that you diddnt get help sooner, but I thought that someone else would take care of it (and not have an immature little hissy fit) because this is deffinatly not the first time this has been posted, alot of us are a little tired of answearing this question, it shows up just about every other day. Dont worry, you are not the first to fall for their marketing.

oh, by the way, just read your link, and there is a bad reveiw right on the first page, it says BUYERS BEWARE!

Jealous of what? Your inferrior Chinese piece of junk? I have looked at several of these cheap horns marketed under various names; Helmke, Maxtone, Monique, Millwaukee, Band Now, they're all about the same. Many are probably built by the same company. The quality is very poor. The pewter keys break easily and cannot be re-soldered. The pads are very poor quality. Most are not even leather, and if they last a year, you're lucky. A quality re-pad costs more than the horn! Many techs will not even work on them because you can't warrenty something when the quality is this bad! If you buy one of these cheap Chinese instruments, you're throwing your money away!

can i just ad this guys...the bad feedback is from people who have not used the horn, well its because the more experienced players KNOW what not to even touch. i can SPEAK with authority here because up until a month ago i was using a schill tenor as a back up horn (we all become stupid sometimes) to my yts-61 tenor...jims right the keys are made of pewter aka table utensil metal, the bendable ones. Yes ...they CANNOT be soldered...and while the action and intonation was "fine", it would be useless if your keys broke all the time. so im not saying this to diss the people who have these horns, what im saying is if youve got 250 usd, just save up a little more and get a second hand quality horn. please dont be deceived by the fancy marketing or the shiny new horn because in the end its the sound that counts. dont make the mistake i did, these horns will not last. so unless you can figure out a way to fix your own horn...better stay away because NO tech will repair them. I hope this will serve as a warning, it comes from someone who actually TRIED to justify these horns from the start only to realize that the comments of the other players were right. how will you iprove your playing if your horns always in the shop. THERe ARE GOOD VINTAGE OR SECOND HAND HORNS OUT THERe, believe me, all my yamahas are second hand...and im very happy. The schill (which is basically helmke) is now a table ornament in my living room. Please listen to the others advise there here to help. Now if you already bought the "chiny" horn, well just make use of it, and upgrade, theres really nothing you can do for now...oh yeah..the MAXTONE horn, its made in CHINA by the Taishan Guanyue company. The so called "Parrot" horn is sold as J.Schmidt in other areas. Just to warn you these are the horns made in china by the same company there usually stmped with french engineering or in the case of the helmkes, german engineering. the chiny horns are: 1. parrot 2. lark 3. j. schmidt 4. regal 5. helmke/schill 6. monique 7. jinyin 8. band now 9. fernando 10. maxtone . please be aware that the "Chateau" brand is made in taiwan. I hope this ends the fact that this question keeps getting asked.

can i just ad this guys...the bad feedback is from people who have not used the horn, well its because the more experienced players KNOW what not to even touch. i can SPEAK with authority here because up until a month ago i was using a schill tenor as a back up horn (we all become stupid sometimes) to my yts-61 tenor...jims right the keys are made of pewter aka table utensil metal, the bendable ones. Yes ...they CANNOT be soldered...and while the action and intonation was "fine", it would be useless if your keys broke all the time. so im not saying this to diss the people who have these horns, what im saying is if youve got 250 usd, just save up a little more and get a second hand quality horn. please dont be deceived by the fancy marketing or the shiny new horn because in the end its the sound that counts. dont make the mistake i did, these horns will not last. so unless you can figure out a way to fix your own horn...better stay away because NO tech will repair them. I hope this will serve as a warning, it comes from someone who actually TRIED to justify these horns from the start only to realize that the comments of the other players were right. how will you iprove your playing if your horns always in the shop. THERe ARE GOOD VINTAGE OR SECOND HAND HORNS OUT THERe, believe me, all my yamahas are second hand...and im very happy. The schill (which is basically helmke) is now a table ornament in my living room. Please listen to the others advise there here to help. Now if you already bought the "chiny" horn, well just make use of it, and upgrade, theres really nothing you can do for now...oh yeah..the MAXTONE horn, its made in CHINA by the Taishan Guanyue company. The so called "Parrot" horn is sold as J.Schmidt in other areas. Just to warn you these are the horns made in china by the same company there usually stmped with french engineering or in the case of the helmkes, german engineering. the chiny horns are: 1. parrot 2. lark 3. j. schmidt 4. regal 5. helmke/schill 6. monique 7. jinyin 8. band now 9. fernando 10. maxtone . please be aware that the "Chateau" brand is made in taiwan. I hope this ends the fact that this question keeps getting asked.

Hey. I play alto right now and ive been playing for 7 years. I really wanna play a soprano but i dont have the cash to buy a really expensive one. My first thought was a used one or to look for one on ebay. Well, i just have one thing to say.... WTF is Selman?!