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Hello all, I have two high school students who, for their all-region auditions, are required to play an altissimo E (3 ledger lines). I have tried the "cheater" fingering of the over-blown A-key and it just won't work. The actual fingering combination is also unsuccessful. Both instruments...

...oh, and the angle of the neck really makes a huge difference. On other models, I like to push the bell back and underneath my chair so that I can achieve a more Bb-like angle from the mouthpiece. Because of this, I use a neckstrap to make sure that I don't drop the darn thing when I play...

I have a Buffet Prestige Low C. Selmer C* mouthpiece, Rovner dark ligature, and Vandoren 3.5 reeds. The instrument is insanely responsive...it will play the full altissimo range up to "stratosphere" C at any dynamic level. The symphony that I play for supplied the instrument, which is a...