The best temperature to apply to a saxophone when being cryogenically treated is -196 degrees. The cryogenic treatment process is to bring the material to a very low temperature, by using liquid nitrogen. Research has proven that cryogenic treatment can enhance the mechanical and physical properties of many materials. Since the 20th Century, cryogenic treatment has been largely applied to different types of metal products. This tends to give added stress to the tone hole.
Standard rolled tone holes require an additional 5mm in order to create the roll.Provides a more consistent pad seating surface than the standard rolled tone hole.This gives the player the benefits of a rolled tone hole but will be more solid construction.Advantage – the drawn tone hole has a hand soldered ring.New hand engraving pattern unique to the Model 25.Redesigned post arrangement on the low C and Eb keys are now two posts with a single rod.Redesigned thumb hook for maximum comfort.Double braced pad cups on the low C, B & Bb keys.Includes the popular enlarged bell featured on our power bell horns.New hand engraving pattern unique to the Model 25
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F# 1 & 2Īll in tune with only minor embouchure adjustmentsĪccording to the Antigua website, this horn has some very interesting qualities and features 1: SERIES Given that I’ve only spent about 15 or so minutes playing it, the Antigua 25 tenor plays remarkably in tune for me. However, now that the G key has been adjusted a couple of times it is holding and the horn plays really well. Unlike the Antigua alto that played right out of the box, the Model 25 tenor needed some adjustments and has suffered from some metal memory issues. The keys are located in such a way that I had no difficulty in finding my way around the horn quite quickly. The horn itself was very comfortable to play. (That is one of my biggest personal complaints about them.) Despite it having blue needle springs, the key action didn’t feel stiff. The TS4348 plays even up and down the entire range of the horn.
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It is not quite as free blowing as my King Zephyr, but it is close. It offers very little resistance, compared to say most Selmer Paris horns. The Antigua Model 25 is a very free blowing horn. To get a better idea of what the sax sounds like when recorded with proper sound gear 😉, here is Antigua’s sound sample of the Model 25… Given the limitations of my iPhone’s recording program, this tonal complexity was not adequately captured in any of the recordings I did.Ĭompared to lots of modern horns I’ve played, the Model 25 definitely has a vintage vibe to it.įWIW, here is a small sound sample of this Antigua TS4348 when paired with my vintage Dukoff S7 and a Légère 2 ¼ reed, as well as a Rovner Light lig. The tone was dark-meaning it was very heavy on core tone-yet it had lots of overtones present as well when it combined with my Dukoff S7. The Antigua Model 25 is an interesting mix of core tone and overtones. It is solid, and certainly challenges the stereotypes I have of modern horns in general, and Asian-made ones specifically. Having said that, the Antigua Model 25 tenor sax is a really nice horn. (More about that in the alto review which will follow in the coming weeks.) The alto vibrates in your hands, and has a breadth, depth, and complexity to its sound that I’m not used to hearing from modern horns these days. There is just something about the alto that reminds me of my King Zephyr. Truth be told, the tenor is not nearly as impressive as the alto is. So impressed in fact, that he ordered a tenor. When David asked me to try the Antigua Winds Model 25 alto he ordered in I was really impressed. Setup used: Dukoff S7 with Légère 2 ¼ reed & Rovner light lig. 2019 the prices I’ve seen range from $3091 (after conversion from €) to $3426 US.Īt the time writing, Matterhorn Music hasn’t priced theirs yet.
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