Tenor Saxophone

My passion for music started young; when I was 8 or 9, my eldest sister bought me a quality harmonica. Blues, Jazz, and Rock are my favorite genres to play. I chose saxophone in 5th grade. In 8th grade, my working single mother, seeing my growing talent and drive for music, bought me a Yanagisawa 901A professional horn for Christmas, and said I wasn't getting anything else for years after that. Out of HS, I tried to join the USAF band, but I couldn't run the miles in Basic Training. So, I picked up odd work in factories, had a sweet security gig for awhile, but I kept practicing in my time off. Got a few small time gigs here and there and played solo on the streets of Cincinnati, but I had a hard time finding a band to play with.... and then my key pads all burst and I needed $500 for repairs; I had to give it up for awhile... until I moved back in with my parents, became a welder, got the horn fixed with my first month's pay... I did that for over a year. It was hard manual labor, and in the fifteenth month there, I fell and injured my spine. Awful. Couldn't run, and walking hurt. After a lot of expensive healthcare, I'm pain-free, but still can't run or lift like I used to.I still pick up my alto sax quite a bit, and when I play solos at open mic nights now, I'm good enough that I get invited to play with bands regularly. They absolutely ALWAYS request me to play tenor saxophone parts, and I keep having to tell them that I don't have one, and that leads to my being "out" of the bands for performances.This instrument would breathe fresh life into my practice, expand my musical voice, and could lead to a successful career as a musician. www.facebook.com/A-Tenor-Sax-for-Thomas-Loman-1420331744951370/