I play the bari and alto sax and want to add another to my collection. I was thinking c melody for church reasons but I dont want to deal with the whole c melody ordeal. So I am now concidering the soprano. I own a clarinet and all of the pads are dry rotted so ity is very hard to play but i could play over the break no problem at all (my band director was suprised I could get a note out at all with its problems.) will that help me to play it? And why does it have two necks is one better for jazz than another or is it personal preferance? So if you have any useful info just drop me a tell. THANKS

thanks for the advise and lesson lol
cool i migh get a saprano
i hope lol

I have a c-melody (as well as soprano (but it's curved, not straight, from the 40's, granted the C is form the 20's) and once you get a good mouthpiece for it that fits, it's a pleasure to play, it has a real suavy smooth tone to it. I used it for church a bit, but then stopped because I didn't like the way the choir did thier stuff, and I didn't have any real music. Soprano takes quite a bit of work to get down, and I don't really think clarinet helps much with it; clarinet really has a different feel to it. granted teh C-melody is quite unlike any other instrument playing wise as well, though it varies from instrument to instrument.