I think abot $3000 dollars is around where I am to spend I think its $2000-3000 is my range my parents gave me

Oh are Cecillia(or Cecillio) good saxes my Bari sax freind has one and wants to sell it I've played on it and its pretty good but I'm wondering if that is a name of good quality? Would it last me a long time?

oh and yeah I can see my self playing saxophone as an old man on my front porch lol ^_^....to me my instrument is my life I want an instrument that will last a good long time.

Brandon- These things are good to hear - and I agree that auditioning a wide variety of horns could be the right way to go. If you get this chance, try to pay attention to how easy it is to get around on the horn - top to bottom. Take your own mouthpiece and offer to clean up after yourself--- dry out the horns after you play them. Listen to tonal differences - but at this point in your development your own ability progression will have a bigger impact on tone than horn alloy differences. It's wonderful that you might get to consider spending $3000. If you get a student or intermediate model now, you'll likely be trading up in a few years. If you'll take care of a pro horn now - it might last you 40+ years like mine has. You could get a lightly used pro-line Selmer, Keilwerth, newer Yamaha or Yanagisawa. (Avoid early Yamahas, I heard). As far as modern horns - these are what I'd consider. And since I have a Mark VI Selmer - the first thing I'd look at are the Selmer Reference 36 and 54 models, as well as the Super Action 80 Series II and Series III. I was offered a real nice used Reference 36 tenor at $2200 recently, for instance. But I hear good things about other brands as well : P.Mauriat, Steve Goodson, even recently made Cannonballs --- just wouldn't trust them myself. One last thing. Try to avoid anything that might be a fad - like weird colored lacquer, no lacquer and etc. You won't want a purple sax when you're 55, and you won't want a greenish grungy bare brass horn either. Protect that brass all you can - dry it off inside and out after each use. --- Later man.

Connsaxman --- aka Jim has a list of approved sax brands under the High School Sax section. He tried to think of every possible decent brand. There are many bad brands now and I would guess Cecillio is pretty bad.

There's no substitute for going to the best nearby store (usually the one with the most saxes) and trying as many as they will let you. It's the only way to hear and feel the differences. No two are *exactly* alike, even of the same model, and I think that what sounds/feels good to you is the most important thing next to quality of construction. FYI, I did that a year ago and walked out with a Yamaha 82Z. Yamaha is known for building solid instruments, and it felt better to me than a some others that cost over $1000 more...

Thanks for all your help I will see about calling bibb music and asking to try out on some horns

Hey nice to meet you to I work hard and play at least 2 hours a day so I'm working hard and I dream of being a band conductor one day and thanks for the luck. I can't take private lessons though becuase I can't find anyone and I take private piano lessons so I'm full....lol

Yeah I love this site its great I play saxophone in band at school and in marching band I'm about to tryout for district honor band this saturday after ner next so I've been playing for a while.