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Jamey Aebersold Volume 123: Now's the time

£15.95

Another super-groove play-a-long featuring Joey with his trio accompanying you on Blues and some of the greatest standards ever written.

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Jamey Aebersold Volume 122 Jimmy Heath

£15.95

Jazz favorites by the legendary Saxophonist/composer recorded by his trio.

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Jamey Aebersold Volume 121 Phil Woods- 14 Originals

£15.95

14 songs by the bop legend. Book/CD.
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P.Mauriat Vintage Series PMXA-67R Alto Sax - vintage lacquer. SPECIAL OFFER!

£1,299.00

"The most popular P.Mauriat PMXA-67R DK with rolled tone holes, brand new but......

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New Elkhart SXA-G Alto Sax in green lacquer (top F#) - Special offer!

£250.00

LESS THAN HALF PRICE FOR THIS FINE STUDENT INSTRUMENT!
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P.Mauriat Solid Silver Neck for Tenor - Special Offer!

£295.01

Usually £350 but we have two that have picked up some feint superficial scratches.
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P.Mauriat Vintage Series System 76- New Red Brass Model!

£1,399.00

Everything we love about the standard system 76, smooth, full bodied but now with even more projection!
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Hawk Bass Saxophone

£3,500.00

Big sounds for your pounds! Yes, a Bb bass sax for £3,500. Supplied in a shaped hard case with wheels, mouthpiece and two necks to take bass or baritone mouthpiece. Review to follow soon or phone for first impressions
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Yanagisawa ex-exibition T992PG Pink Gold Tenor Sax!

£3,999.00

A rare opportunity to get your hands on this exceedingly astonishing saxophone.... at such a low price!! Bronze body fully plated in pink gold - a mix of 80% gold and 20% silver creating a stunning finish.. Ebonite mouthpiece, hard case & strap included.

One of only a handful produced.
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Lawton gold plated mouthpiece for tenor

£238.01

Plain Numbers. Large chamber, low baffle for a big dark tone, ideally suited for Orchestral, classical and Jazz playing.

Model B. Medium chamber and baffle for brilliant full tone. Specifically designed for projection (big bank work and Jazz playing.

Model BB. Medium chamber and high baffle for maximum power and edge. Ideal for Jazz rock and producing harmonics.
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Custom necks for alto

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Paraschos Wooden Neck for Alto
Made in Greece, these wooden necks are used by some of the world's finest players such as Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano, Joel Frahm, Dave Pietro, Tim Price, Roy King and many others.

Hand made of palisander wood. The special assembly procedure provides a tough and shock proof product with 5 year guarantee.

Small adjustments are often required to get the optimum fit for a new neck. If you do not have a good sax technician we recommend you bring your sax to us for any necessary adjustments.

Our Price (excluding vat): £339.58 (£399.01 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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P.Mauriat Super Jazz VI Neck for Alto
The saxophone neck affects everything about the saxophones performance; tone, response and intonation.

The Super Jazz neck, shaped much like the Mark VI neck, will give you a fat sound with some edge to it without sacrificing a solid, focused center.

Please contact us before ordering to see if the P.Mauriat neck will fit your sax.

Our Price (excluding vat): £114.89 (£135.00 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Choice of finish

Which model?

P.Mauriat Solid Silver Neck for Alto
Solid silver provides a fuller, more harmonically complex tone.

Our Price (excluding vat): £251.07 (£295.01 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Which model?

Selmer Alto Copper Neck
Enhance your Selmer alto with a copper crook. Copper gives a big, loud, direct and focused sound, but does not lose any richness. It makes the tone more resonant and creates better clarity and projection. Also, it adds increased tonal and dynamic control.

Our Price (excluding vat): £191.49 (£225.00 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Series II or III?

Selmer Reference Alto Neck
This neck plays a great part in producing the wonderful tone of the Selmer Reference alto. Fit it on your Series II or III and you can enjoy some of the same!

Our Price (excluding vat): £178.73 (£210.01 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Antiqued matt or Old gold lacquer?

Selmer Alto Series III Booster Neck
The "BOOSTER" has been developed by Selmer (Paris) with spiral grooves on the inside tenon of the neck. This different surface changes the air flow producing a more focused sound and enhances high pitched sounds with a broad and rich tone.

Clear lacquer finish.

Our Price (excluding vat): £211.92 (£249.01 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Selmer Alto Series III Sterling Solid Silver Neck
Enhance your Selmer alto with a solid silver crook for extra projection and less resistance.

Our Price (excluding vat): £480.86 (£565.01 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Keilwerth Alto Copper Neck
This Crook fits Keilwerth saxes EX90, SX90 & SX90R.

"The copper crook instantly gave a big, loud, direct and focused sound, but didn't lose any richness. It makes the tone more resonant and creates better clarity and projection. Also, it adds increased tonal and dynamic control. One of the most notable combo's is with the black nickel plate and the solid nickel silver saxes". - Tritsan at saxophones.co.uk.

Our Price (excluding vat): £170.22 (£200.01 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Keilwerth Diamond Series Alto Nickel-Plated Neck

Our Price (excluding vat): £214.47 (£252.00 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Keilwerth Diamond Series Alto Copper Neck

Our Price (excluding vat): £222.98 (£262.00 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Keilwerth Solid Silver Alto Neck

Our Price (excluding vat): £214.47 (£252.00 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Yanagisawa 64 Brass Alto Neck
I tried fitting this crook to a Yani 991 and found that this crook gave a more internalised and brighter tone than the standard Yani brass crook. Particularly around the mid-register, the tone was more focussed in middle frequencies, giving a very 'upfront' response.

In terms of fitting these crooks on other saxes, I found that they slot nicely on to the Yamaha 62 and Custom models, but I found them to be very loose on all Selmer and Keilwerth saxophones.

Our Price (excluding vat): £102.13 (£120.00 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Yanagisawa 65 Brass Alto Neck
I found the tone on this crook a lot fuller and more open than the 64. It seemed similar to the standard 991 crook, but with a tad more breadth to the tone for my money. It also produced a very expansive sub-tone. Very nice stuff!

Yanagisawa 66 Brass Alto Neck
I found this crook to be fairly similar to the 64 in tone. Perhaps a tad more edge and hardness overall, and I don't think it was quite as open as the 65. A good choice if you want to cut through!

Yanagisawa 92 Bronze Alto Neck
If there is one criticism that's occassionally made about the Yani A901 it's that the tone is a little lightweight. Well, here's the solution - put a bronze crook on it. Tested here by our own Jim Cheek he described it as warmer with a more breathy vintage tone.

Our Price (excluding vat): £148.94 (£175.00 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Yanagisawa 192 Gold Plated Bronze Alto Neck
This is Jim & Tristan's favourite. More open so less resistant allowing more air to flow through the sax. More resonant and more responsive. Basically, a bit more of everything you want!

Our Price (excluding vat): £303.83 (£357.00 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Yanagisawa 95 Sterling Silver Alto Neck
"This solid silver crook reduces resistance when you blow and really opens the sound up. Its as if the air flows more smoothly over the silver. I tried it on my Guardala and the improvement was instantaneous and dramatic. For the same amount of effort so much more sound comes out of the sax. " Phill.

Our Price (excluding vat): £411.06 (£483.00 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Yamaha Custom G1 Alto Neck
The G1 Neck has less resistance, can play very loud yet has a more focused sound with added flexibility.

Gold lacquered brass.

Our Price (excluding vat): £169.37 (£199.01 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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