Altoids Sours Tin Saxophone Survival Kit

Well, after looking through all that stuff I have piling up inside my Jupiter saxophone case, I decided to use an old Altoids can to make a small carrying case. 1st Instructable!

Step 1 What you need:

1. An altoids sours circular can(shown in 1st picture).
2. A "snake". (Metal spring rod thingy used to clean out the neck of your saxophone).
3. A tube of cork grease(resembles a ChapStick container).
4. A saxophone reed (preferably Vandoren, they are better quality and the cases are easier to trim down).
5. Any additional stuff you can cram in there!

Comments

[mason0190]

I always use Rico Royal reeds. I 'acccidentally' mutilated eleven.

[modaawesome]

i go all la voz always work hard to chip. they suck right out of the box though

[modaawesome]

Mine hs duct tape and a regular tin which is much easier to come by
http://www.instructables.com/id/saxophone-altoids-survival-kit-using-regular-altoi/

[sudoka]

im a sophmore in highschool and ive been playing my sax for 5 years and i know vandoren is the best reeds.. rico is cheap they suck....i spent 50 dollars for vandoren java reeds size 3 1\2......oh and u should put a dollar bill in there because u could use it when ur pad sticks to the sax especially ur G# key it gets stuck alot on any sax.

[chi chi chippy]

my E flat key gets stuck alot. (E flat = D#)

[Schooniedude]

try plastic reeds. i have been playing sax for two and a half years and i had a plastic reed for two years before i got a new one. i didn't even need it, but my new one sounds way better.

[superhornt]

however, plastic reeds don't usually play as loud as normal reeds, and I prefer the tone with a cane reed, anyways.

[saxmaster765]

A plastic reed just doesn't match the quality of sound a wood reed makes and G, G# and F# don't want to come out most of the time.

The only time a plastic reed is any good is outside. Inside, it's not as full sounding and kind of gives me the impression of someone trying to stick a nail into your brain.

[Schooniedude]

it does for me.it sounds pretty darn good.

[CapnTac]

My G# key is never stuck...its weird. Instead, the tiny "key" that you like never press in between the "B" and "A" keys gets stuck like every other week.

[modaawesome]

I have the first bundy model. is my dad's highschool saxophone works great never EVER sticks

[saxmaster765]

That little key is for Bb. Play B and with the same finger, press the little key.

[sudoka]

then just slide a dollar bill under the pad and then it wont stick..... if you start disliking band stay in it until u get to high school because its way better in high school....its way more fun, i hated middle school band it was so horrible but when i got to high scholl i had more fun because i got to march during games and in a few weeks im marching in a fiesta parade thats like a few miles long

[Chowmix12]

Decaf = Better pictures!

[scooter76]

Nice, everything "just" fits. I just toss everything in my case (I know its bad) Will look for a tin.

[CapnTac]

The circular tin that I used is kinda hard to come by. I had mine left over from a while ago.

[cdousley]

i found Altoids sours 3 for a dollar. i bought fifteen but they were a melted mess

[snowpenguin]

You really need to work on taking better pictures. It's a good idea, but the pictures make it impossible to fall in love with.

[SeMi_AuToMaTic]

sweet! jupiter forever man!

[CapnTac]

w00t!

[saxophones]

cannonball is waaayyyyy better you have no idea

[CapnTac]

Oh, trust me, I know. But for a seventh grader that started playing last year, I think Jupiter will do.

[SeMi_AuToMaTic]

I iS in eight grade band!

[SeMi_AuToMaTic]

cannonball? i have never heard of them. nothing under yamaha, i supose? no ofense..

[saxophones]

k if you havn't heard of cannonball saxophones, you don't know saxophones. they r made in my home state, utah(woot the best snow on earth!), and they r EPIC! seriosly you have to try it

[cdousley]

never heard of cannonball i got selmer

[Schooniedude]

me too

[SeMi_AuToMaTic]

i am from jupiter

[saxophones]

wow very funny

[SeMi_AuToMaTic]

0.0

[brammeke11]

I have a alto, tenor and... BARITON sax. but my reeds a much bigger then those from a tenor. these doesn´t fit in a tin.

[CapnTac]

Not even a rectangular one?

[gcsaxophone]

Tenor reeds are like a half an inch longer than alto reeds. There is no way you're gonna fit a tenor reed in a circular Altoids tin. You could probably use the rectangle tin though.

[TheMoonMaster]

I'm not sure if the tenor reed is longer or just wider. i will have to check next time I'm in band.

[TheMoonMaster]

Is this for Tenor or Alto?

[CapnTac]

I made t for Alto, but you could probably use it for both. Then again, you might have some trouble fitting the Tenor reed in...

[darth2o]

Yeah, in my saxophone case, I have a little plastic baggy that came with the case that I have all of the little things in. Otherwise, It is just music, reeds and my neckstrap.

[CapnTac]

Lol, If I kept my music in my sax case, my overly-involved band director would yell at me about how a piece of paper could somehow seriously damage my instrument. Yeah, right.

[Kiteman]

Oh, please use the macro function for your photos, or light them more brightly to cut down exposure time to avoid the blur.

[CapnTac]

I will in the future, it's just that I had to use my old *coughcrappycough* camera, because I didn't want to install all of that new stuff onto my computer.