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The revolutionary Alphasax by Trevor James!

£399.01

A full sized Eb alto saxophone designed for small hands so that younger players can now start 2 - 3 years earlier and weighing 33% less than most conventional models. An incredible 46% lighter in it's special lightweight hard case! Supplied with the YOU CAN PLAY TOO saxophone tuition DVD.
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Mistral Contoured Alto Saxophone Case

£30.00

In need of a light, practical hard case to take out and about?........

+£7.50 Postage and Packaging
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C. G Conn CAS280R Gold Lacquered Saxophone

£1,099.00

Engraved yellow brass body and keys, high F# key, adjustable right hand thumb rest, full-ribbed construction, leather-like backpack style case and Selmer USA mouthpiece included

RRP. £1315
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SOPRILLOGY

£12.00

The first CD dedicated to the Soprillo. 'Soprillogy' is over an hour long and includes new music for soprillo with piano, accordion and harp.
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Saxophone Journal Volume 33, Number 1 Sept/Oct 2008

£8.95

Please e-mail us at help@sax.co.uk if you would like to subscribe to the Saxophone Journal...
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OP/TECH USA S.O.S STRAP

£20.00

S.O.S. STRAP "Saves On Shoulders" with its unique internal control-stretch system and tailored design. It's the perfect strap for heavy bags and cases. The metal swivel snap hooks secure the strap to most bags and cases; however, they can be easily removed if the 1½" webbing is the preferred connection option. Once you experience the comfort of the new S.O.S. STRAP, it's sure to be a winner.
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Rampone & Cazzani Curved Soprano Case

£265.01

New in! These stunning Rampone & Cazzani curved soprano cases.

Please be aware that this case is only suitable for saxophones with detatchable necks and bell keys on the right hand side such as the current Yanagisawa models.
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Rampone & Cazzani R1 Jazz Straight Soprano Silver Plated

£1,918.00

Handmade Italian sax. Made from red brass. Old fashioned silver plating. Hand chiselled decoration. Looks & sounds like a vintage horn. Mouthpiece, accessories and the stunning deluxe case are all included in the price.
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Ex-demo Yamaha Custom YTS875EXS Tenor Sax Silver Plated

£2,631.00

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Vibes Electronic Whisper Mute for Alto Sax

£299.00

New lower cost competitor to the E-Sax, the Vibes sax mute shares many of the same very attractive qualities.

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Freeneck 3.1 with distance brace

£109.00

Pelvis belt, covered metal back support, shoulder straps, distance brace, bootlace sling
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Alto Sax Reeds

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Box of 10 Alto Alexander Superial NY's
After the introduction of Superial, "DC", and Classique in the 1990's, Tom Alexander began to conceive of a model which would add a new and different dimension to the tonal universe of our reeds.

The Superial NY reed was born following extensive conversations between Tom Alexander and a legendary Jazz saxophonist friend some years ago, and through experimentation with different prototype designs. It has also been thoroughly field tested by subjecting it to many months of on the job playing in the concert and tour performances of several of our World Artists who've now given it their seal of approval.

The result is a new reed made with Superial's same high grade S. France cane, yet a redesigned tip and profile which produces a big and bold sound, full response throughout the registers and the type of vibrant, solid tone traditionally associated with that of the New York music scene. The tip is somewhat harder than DC which gives it a sustaining power, especiially in the high end of the horn.
Our Price (excluding vat): £20.85 (£24.50 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 10 Alexander Alto Reeds
Premium standard, precision cut, natural cane reeds.

The Superial is designed to produce a warm, resonant "buzz", good projection, even scale throughout the registers, and a wide dynamic range. In other words this reed provides a tonal platform that is free blowing, capable of quick and accurate articulation, and one that gives immediate presence.

The Superial DC reed has a slightly harder tip and more wood in the heart and sides than Superial and therefore produces a more solid tonal core, enhanced projection and power, and a little darker harmonic timbre than Superial, but still one with the kind of "edge" and authority needed in soloing or lead work.

The Classique reed is used not only by classical and concert performers, but any others looking for a darker tone which this reed's harder tip and heart produce.
Our Price (excluding vat): £25.52 (£29.99 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Rico alto reed (each)
The World’s most popular reed, designed for a wide variety of playing situations, Cut from the most flexible grade of cane. The ease of play & affordable price are why more musicians worldwide find Rico the best value. Designed for ease of play and unfiled for powerful tone.

We have a minimum order or £5 so please don't order just one single reed!
Our Price (excluding vat): £1.34 (£1.57 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 10 Rico alto reeds SAVINGS IF YOU BUY BY THE BOX!!
The World’s most popular reed, designed for a wide variety of playing situations, Cut from the most flexible grade of cane. The ease of play & affordable price are why more musicians worldwide find Rico the best value. Designed for ease of play and unfiled for powerful tone.
Our Price (excluding vat): £11.36 (£13.35 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Rico Royal alto reed (each)
Rico Royal reeds have a more traditional French filed cut for increased response, especially in the low register, adding clarity to the tone and making soft attacks easier.

French filed for flexibility and fast response, works well for classical and jazz applications, premium cane for consistent response.

We have a minimum order or £5 so please don't order just one single reed!
Our Price (excluding vat): £1.57 (£1.84 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 10 Rico Royal alto reeds SAVINGS IF YOU BUY BY THE BOX!!
Rico Royal reeds have a more traditional French filed cut for increased response, especially in the low register, adding clarity to the tone and making soft attacks easier.

French filed for flexibility and fast response, works well for classical and jazz applications, premium cane for consistent response.
Our Price (excluding vat): £13.31 (£15.64 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Rico Plasticover alto reed (each)
Coated for durability and consistency. Designed to resist moisture and climate changes, Plasticover is ideal for use in outdoor ensembles such as marching band, and for doublers who need to make quick changes between instruments. Whether in moist tropics or in desert heat, Plasticover responds instantly. The durable coating also provides a clear, projecting tone, making Plasticover a favorite with jazz, studio and pop musicians.
Our Price (excluding vat): £2.78 (£3.27 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 5 Rico Plasticover reeds alto
Coated for durability and consistency. Designed to resist moisture and climate changes, Plasticover is ideal for use in outdoor ensembles such as marching band, and for doublers who need to make quick changes between instruments. Whether in moist tropics or in desert heat, Plasticover responds instantly. The durable coating also provides a clear, projecting tone, making Plasticover a favorite with jazz, studio and pop musicians.
Our Price (excluding vat): £11.80 (£13.87 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Rico Jazz Select alto reed (each)
The Rico Select Jazz cut features a strong, well-defined heart and longer vamp, yielding unprecedented projection and a clear, fat tone, with unsurpassed flexibility and lightning-fast response. Available with or without a French file.

We have a minimum order or £5 so please don't order just one single reed!
Our Price (excluding vat): £2.17 (£2.55 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 10 Rico Jazz Select alto reeds SAVINGS IF YOU BUY BY THE BOX!!
The Rico Select Jazz cut features a strong, well-defined heart and longer vamp, yielding unprecedented projection and a clear, fat tone, with unsurpassed flexibility and lightning-fast response. Available with or without a French file.
Our Price (excluding vat): £18.38 (£21.60 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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La Voz alto reed (each)
Crafted from premium cane for consistent response and playability, La Voz is the choice of professional saxophone players. Unfiled for a deep, powerful tone, La Voz is the reed of choice for many of the world's top jazz musicians.

Unfiled reed for powerful tone & premium cane for consistent response.

We have a minimum order or £5 so please don't order just one single reed!
Our Price (excluding vat): £1.77 (£2.08 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 10 La Voz alto reeds SAVINGS IF YOU BUY BY THE BOX!!
Crafted from premium cane for consistent response and playability, La Voz is the choice of professional saxophone players. Unfiled for a deep, powerful tone, La Voz is the reed of choice for many of the world's top jazz musicians.

Unfiled reed for powerful tone & premium cane for consistent response.

We have a minimum order or £5 so please don't order just one single reed!
Our Price (excluding vat): £15.05 (£17.68 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Hemke alto reed (each)
Frederick L. Hemke reeds provide the dark tone favored by many classical and traditional jazz saxophonists. The design is especially well-suited to traditional, round-chambered mouthpieces. French filed for freedom of response, especially in the low register, adding clarity to the tone and making soft attacks easier.

Professional-quality reed for classical and jazz applications, shorter vamp for dark tone and balanced, slightly thinner tip for quick response and articulation. Premium grade cane for consistent response and playability, French filed for flexibility and fast response.

We have a minimum order or £5 so please don't order just one single reed!
Our Price (excluding vat): £2.00 (£2.35 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 5 Hemke alto reeds SAVINGS IF YOU BUY BY THE BOX!!
Frederick L. Hemke reeds provide the dark tone favored by many classical and traditional jazz saxophonists. The design is especially well-suited to traditional, round-chambered mouthpieces. French filed for freedom of response, especially in the low register, adding clarity to the tone and making soft attacks easier.

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Vandoren alto reed (each)
This reed is designed to produce an extremely pure sound and is a favourite of classical players.

We have a minimum order or £5 so please don't order just one single reed!
Our Price (excluding vat): £2.08 (£2.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 10 Vandoren alto reeds SAVINGS IF YOU BUY BY THE BOX!!
This reed is designed to produce an extremely pure sound and is a favourite of classical players.
Our Price (excluding vat): £19.57 (£22.99 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Vandoren Java alto reed (each)
Designed in 1983 for JAzz & VAriety. Thicker, yet more flexible than the Traditional reed. This produces greater vibration & elasticity.

We have a minimum order or £5 so please don't order just one single reed!
Our Price (excluding vat): £2.08 (£2.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 10 Vandoren Java alto reeds SAVINGS IF YOU BUY BY THE BOX!!
Designed in 1983 for JAzz & VAriety. Thicker, yet more flexible than the Traditional reed. This produces greater vibration & elasticity.
Our Price (excluding vat): £19.57 (£22.99 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Vandoren V16 alto reed (each)
Launched in 1993 as a JAVA reed with even more wood for a more brilliant, more percussive, more powerful response.

Phil WOODS: Nelson Hill gave me a Vandoren V16! He said, Try it, you'll like it. I tried it. I like it! Eureka! At last, a sensible reed! They feel good and the percentage of usable reeds is incredible. Somebody is paying attention and I sleep a little better knowing that! The base is thicker giving my old, stretched ligature a better grip and the intonation, always a Vandoren tradition, remains true and spot on!

- Saxophone Journal, May/June 1995

We have a minimum order or £5 so please don't order just one single reed!
Our Price (excluding vat): £2.08 (£2.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 10 Vandoren V16 alto reeds SAVINGS IF YOU BUY BY THE BOX!!
Launched in 1993 as a JAVA reed with even more wood for a more brilliant, more percussive, more powerful response.
Our Price (excluding vat): £19.57 (£22.99 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Vandoren ZZ Alto reed (each)
In tests with Jazz saxophonists, the artists found the new reed to be immediately responsive without sacrificing

the brightness or tone quality required for their style of music.

Its free-blowing characteristics made the artists immediate fans of the new reed.

We have a minimum order or £5 so please don't order just one single reed!
Our Price (excluding vat): £2.08 (£2.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 10 Vandoren ZZ Alto reeds SAVINGS IF YOU BUY BY THE BOX!!
In tests with Jazz saxophonists, the artists found the new reed to be immediately responsive without sacrificing

the brightness or tone quality required for their style of music.

Its free-blowing characteristics made the artists immediate fans of the new reed.
Our Price (excluding vat): £19.57 (£22.99 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 10 MARCA Superieure alto reeds
Ongoing refinements in MARCA's manufacturing processes have resulted in reed of both the highest quality and most uniform consistency for the MARCA Supérieure saxophone reeds. While professionals can benefit from these high quality reeds fine balance, rich timbre, and lively reponse, educators and students will find them long-lasting and, most important, consistently playable, reed after reed, box after box.
Our Price (excluding vat): £9.36 (£11.00 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 5 MARCA JAZZ alto reeds
The Marca Jazz reed fills a niche for players desiring a solid, focused tone without sacrificing character and bite. A superb cut on a quality French cane.
Our Price (excluding vat): £6.81 (£8.00 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Fibracell Plastic Reed for Alto
Why does Fibracell sound so good? Because it's not plastic and it's not cane. It's the most highly developed composite structure ever engineered for woodwinds! Lasts up to six times longer than cane, does not require soaking, not affected by heat or humidity, does not swell, warp or soften when wet.

Price is for a single reed.
Our Price (excluding vat): £8.47 (£9.95 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Bari Plastic Reed for Alto
The BARI Reed is machined (not molded) from a unique material formulated with a consistent spacing of fibers that absorbs just the right amount of moisture. This insures that each reed plays perfectly.

Our Price (excluding vat): £7.62 (£8.95 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Bari Star Plastic Reed for Alto
The BARI Star takes the technology one step further.

It has all the benefits of the original BARI Reed - but plays even freer.

The sound is pure and clean - the attack, quick and positive.

The range of the BARI Star competes with the finest French cane you remember.

Our Price (excluding vat): £10.17 (£11.95 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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La Voz Reed Guard for alto

Our Price (excluding vat): £2.54 (£2.98 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Aureum 10 reed case
Slim, stylish new case made of tough plastic to hold up to ten alto or tenor reeds. Each reed holder is numbered to help identify your favourite reeds.

Gold, silver or black.

Our Price (excluding vat): £12.77 (£15.00 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Van Doren Reed Hygrocase for alto
Protect your reeds and make them last longer. This hard plastic wallet holds 4 reeds and contains moisture absorbing material. I wouldn't be without one!
Our Price (excluding vat): £11.49 (£13.50 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Vandoren 6 Reed Case for alto
New model that holds 6 alto reeds.
Our Price (excluding vat): £16.68 (£19.60 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Reed Trimmer for alto
Cordier reed cutter for reed trimming. Made of brass, nickel plated. Accurate cutting with regulator gives absolute precision.
Our Price (excluding vat): £22.13 (£26.00 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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