Help saving up for new sax.?!

Help saving up for new sax.?

I'm wanting to save up for a new Soprano Saxophone. I'm thinking of selling my alto to help pay for it, because alto really isn't my instrument. my alto is a King 613 from pre-1950, so it might not sell for much, but i'm getting my first job soon. any Ideas on how to save up for one fairly quickly while still saving up for college? Thankx

While I applaud your good idea of saving up for an instrument instead of just buying the first piece of junk you can afford, I think you may be going down the wrong path. If you are only planning on pursuing saxophone as a hobby and something that you just play on your own with, then go ahead with your plan. If you plan on playing in groups though, you are much better off with the alto. I've been playing saxophone for 18 years, and 15 of those with a soprano. During the 15 years, I've used the soprano maybe twice in classical bands (wind symphony, etc), and maybe 10 times in jazz bands, and that is when we read well over 100 pieces. There just isn't a demand for soprano saxophone in music enough to be able to make a go of it as just a soprano player. Unless you can make a name for yourself like Kenny G did, you just won't get the use out of it. Most of the time, my soprano sits in the closet while I am kept extremely busy on my alto or tenor.
Now to answer your savings question, what I would do is open two accounts at your bank. Every time you get a paycheck, you put a set amount (e.g. 80% of the check) in one account, and the rest of it in the other account. The account that gets less will be your saxophone account, and this way you are always contributing to it, and you are also earning interest on it.
I hope this all helps.