So this student brings in a saxophone, he has played for 2 years without any success he now hates the instrument.

This young student is one who will practice piano for an hour without being pushed, so obviously both the work ethic and the desire is there.
His instrument was rented from a well know supplier of musical instruments with a PG outlet. Looking at the instrument, in 15 seconds I was able to see that it would never play, the mechanism was out of align. 
 It's more than likely  that this student’s parents paid  for 2 years of rental on a non-functional instrument. The store rented it without checking it and the band teacher never thought to see if the otherwise keen and bright student was having problems because of the instrument.

So
 • If there is any doubt bring the instrument to me so I can check it out ( and the players technique as well).
• Buy an instrument from CWW you know it will be a good one- that works. For the rental price of an instrument that didn't work they could have bought a new sax from CWW
  • Don’t assume that lack of talent or work ethic is the problem- it could be the instrument or playing technique.
 • Know that because of the cost of maintenance (vs. the low rental fees) music stores are often tempted to skip it if the horn looks ok. blog comments powered by Disqus