My dilemma
I have been playing saxophone since the 5th grade, and I am now in 10th. Here is my situation: I played alto in 5th-7th grade, and my mom bought me an alto because we both thought that I would play it through college. Then I discovered the baritone. I instantly loved the baritone, but I thought it was just a novelty, and would wear off. It didn't. I have been playing it since then. I have been playing on school instruments only. At my current school, I have a choice of 3 different baris, all of which are ''hand-me-down's'' (more like ''hand-me-up'') from the middle school, and are not fully functional (broken/missing keys, chipped tone holes...etc). I am beginning to get frustrated with this because my friend who also plays baritone has is own bari, which works perfectly. These broken instruments are really limiting my playing, and I am beginning to notice it now more than ever. However, I still have my alto, and it hasn't been getting much use. It is a reputable brand, and it is in excellent condition. I would really like to sell it, and start saving for my own baritone sax, but whenever I mentioned selling it to my mom she sounded quite offended, like I was being disrespectful. (What's the deal with that?) I am confident that I can get at least $1500 for it ($2000 was the retail), which would be a big help in affording a baritone. I don't know how to approach my mom about this. I could easily sell it on eBay because I already have an account set up, and I have bought and sold numerous things on eBay before. So my question is: how can I go about convincing my mom that I would rather play baritone than alto? Already, I am practicing on my own for at least 2 hours a day, and spend pretty much my whole day thinking about saxophones, and listening to the Nuclear Whales. She is beginning to see that I like the baritone better but she is still against me selling my alto. Any ideas?
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