So, I was at band camp one day, and we were putting our saxes together. I opened my crappy alto bundy case (well it is marching I won`t use my mark VI for that!) and discovered that I could not locate my mouthpiece. This was very disturbing, as I had not opened the case the night before. So, I have 3 mouthpieces, a real real crappy one for emergencies, a ok one which I couldn`t find, and my real nice one, which I won`t use to march with. So, my other friend was using my real real crappy one instead of his ottolink. So, I asked him for my crap one back, and put it one. For the rest of the day, I couldn`t play anything at all. Nothing. Barely made a sound. so, I thought it was because the mouthpeice sucked so much, and when I went home got the real nice one for the next day. That next day, I was like "oh yeah I can play now" put it one, and blew a note... and nothing happened. I began tu curse very strongly and pulled the neck off my sax and investigated my sax. And right there, not 3 INCHES from where the neck goes into the sax, was my other mouthpiece, jammed in there. I was shocked. I showed a few people, and began to try to get it out. I turned it upside down, I banged it, I blew it, up smashed it, and it wouldn`t come out. Then, I opened the G# key, and it slid down the sax into my hand.

So, the moral of the story is, well, not much. maybe that this is like the one non dirty band camp joke? Hmm... well, it is true. Not sure why I actualy posted it, but I had time and figuered, hell, im bored, ill type this up and then go play halo2. Well, im off, time to shoot up some grunts!

Oh..my...God...thats horrific!!! A really, really, REALLY good mouthpiece stuck in the sax! How awful, it would have been a miracle if you had actually got any sound of it.

A girl at my band camp had a similar problem with her mouthpiece. She couldn`t blow anything and we were trying to figure out all day what was wrong with her alto, and then I looked at the mouthpiece and she had used a baritone reed instead of an alto one. What a learning experience.

a bari reed on an alto? Thats a little... size problematic. Well, it was the ok mouthpiece jammed in the sax, and when my good one didn`t work, I checked the sax and found the other one. The bad mouthpiece wouldn`t work either, but i though it was because the mouthpiece was so bad.

Reminds me of State Marching Contest my sophomore year. I kept my reeds in my case, and for some reason I could not find them at all! Finally, I asked one of the freshmen if I could have a reed, and I got one. It was incredibly soft, but I needed a reed so I took it. We get to the warmup-waiting area, and for some reason I`m playing with my saxophone, and I tilt it upside down. My reeds slide out of the bell. I don`t remember if I changed to one of my reeds or just played on the soft reed, but I do remember the whole incident.

I have a funny story along those lines. It was last year in a jazz band rehearsal, and we were just about to start. I had just tightened my ligature, and I then proceeded to play a note. I could not make a sound, and the reed sounded sqeaky. I started frantically checking my sax to see if there was something wrong with it. The first alto then pointed out to me that my swab was still in the body tube. Feeling rather embarassed, I pulled it out, and promptly threw it in the garbage. That was the last time I ever used one of those.

ha, good times eh? Thanks for the stories

And I would just like to add that Halo 2 is the best fuc*ing game ever!