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Selmer (USA) La Vie AS240 Bronze Bodied Alto Sax Outfit - EXTRA SPECIAL OFFER! 65% OFF SRP!

£699.00

Designed & marketed as Selmer USA's professional range. To avoid confusion with Selmer (Paris) instruments, Selmer (USA) is now using the Conn brand name on it's professional models. This has enabled us to buy the remaining stocks of La Vie saxophones and offer them at these incredible prices! Complete with a French BAM Trekking-style case worth £190!

Selmer's official UK Suggested Retail Price is £2,015 inc.vat!!
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Selmer (USA) La Vie TS240 Bronze Bodied Tenor Sax Outfit - A VERY SPECIAL OFFER - 60% OFF SRP!

£899.00

Selmer's official UK Suggested Retail Price is £2,265 inc.vat!!
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Selmer (USA) La Vie TS250 Tenor Sax Outfit - EXTRA SPECIAL OFFER!

£899.00

A tapered and proportioned bell diameter focuses and centers the sound, making the La Vie perfect for jazz or classical styles. The 250 Series combines the warmth of a red brass neck, body, and bow with the brilliance of a yellow brass bell for a balanced tonal palette.

Selmer La Vie saxophones incorporate many unique design concepts. The high G key extends the natural range of the instrument and tames this treacherous note.

All La Vie saxophones include a great deluxe BAM Trek-style case.

Limited supply so don't miss out whilst stocks last!

RRP £1465
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Selmer (Paris) Series II Alto Sax in Clear Lacquer, non engraved - Special Offer!

£2,391.00

Selmer are now only supplying engraved saxes so this could be your last chance to buy a less ornate non-engraved model and at a reduced price! We have negotiated a one-off discount on the remaining stock.

On a non-engraved model you do not get the fancy flower engraving but you still get the famous "Henri Selmer Paris" logo and model on the bell.

Case not included. Free UK mainland delivery.

SAVE £1645 off the RRP OF £4,036

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NEW! Saxophone Player Figurine

£18.00

This great stylish quality metal figurine is the perfect gift for any sax player and will look great in any sax players home!

18cm High
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NEW! R & C Straight Soprano AGU Silver Plated / Gold Bell Interior - SN 28039 - In stock now!

£2,616.00

Handmade Italian sax. Made from red brass. Old fashioned silver plated body with a 24ct heavy gold plated bell interior. 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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NEW! R & C Alto AGU silver plated with gold inner bell. SN28145 in stock now!

£3,097.99

Handmade Italian sax. Made from red brass. Old fashioned silver plating with 24ct heavy gold plated bell interior. No lacquer to dampen the tone which enhances the look & sound of a vintage horn. Mouthpiece & accessories included. With deluxe shaped case.
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R & C Alto AU 24ct gold plated. SN27983 in stock now!

£3,211.00

Handmade Italian sax. Made from red brass. 24KT old fashioned gold plating. Hand chiselled decoration. No lacquer to dampen the tone which enhances the look & sound of a vintage horn. Mouthpiece & accessories included. Supplied with Rampone Deluxe case, covered in soft brown leatherette with shoulder strap.
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NEW! R & C Alto- Sand blasted- 24ct Heavy Gold Plated - SN28136 - In stock now!

£3,211.00

Handmade Italian sax. Made from red brass. Sand blasted gold body with smooth inner bell.

No lacquer to dampen the tone which enhances the look & sound of a vintage horn. Mouthpiece & accessories included. With deluxe shaped case.

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Alto Sax Reeds

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Alto REED-PACK
The large range of reeds can initially be somewhat intimidating. In the face of so much choice we’re now giving sax players the opportunity to try out a selection of reeds with the sax.co.uk REED-PACK.

Please note: The reed strength you choose is based on standard Vandoren blue box reeds. Vandoren JAVA and ZZ are softer so reeds half a strength harder are included.

The pack includes 1 of each:

Vandoren- Blue, Java, Red Java, ZZ, V16

Rico- Royal, Jazz Select (Filed), Plasticover, Hemke, La Voz

Our Price (excluding vat): £22.13 (£26.00 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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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): £26.04 (£30.60 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): £26.04 (£30.60 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Alexander Alto reed (each)

Our Price (excluding vat): £2.85 (£3.35 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): £1.91 (£2.24 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): £16.26 (£19.11 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): £2.05 (£2.41 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): £17.39 (£20.43 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 5 Rico Reserve Alto Reeds
Rico Reserve reeds are the result of more than 75 years of reed-making expertise. High-density lower-internode cane, precision natural diamond cutters, optical laser measuring, color video inspection, and state-of-the-art polishing have all been integrated to produce the finest reeds ever.

Our Price (excluding vat): £13.04 (£15.32 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): £2.99 (£3.51 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): £12.70 (£14.92 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): £18.45 (£21.68 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): £2.05 (£2.41 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): £17.39 (£20.43 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): £2.08 (£2.44 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): £2.48 (£2.91 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): £21.74 (£25.54 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): £2.48 (£2.91 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): £21.74 (£25.54 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Vandoren Red Java alto reed (each)
A relative of the Java reed family, the Java Filed Red Cut is the first file cut Vandoren jazz reed. It benefits from a completely new design.

The driving force behind the Java Filed Red Cut (French File Cut) design was to offer more sonic possibilities to musicians while keeping the qualities of the Java universe.

More flexible than its predecessor, with a little more tonal body, the Java Filed Red Cut offers a full, rich, centered sound and guarantees excellent projection and an extremely precise attack.

We have a minimum order or £5 so please don't order just one single reed!
Our Price (excluding vat): £2.48 (£2.91 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 10 Vandoren Red Java alto reeds SAVINGS IF YOU BUY BY THE BOX!!
A relative of the Java reed family, the Java Filed Red Cut is the first file cut Vandoren jazz reed. It benefits from a completely new design.

The driving force behind the Java Filed Red Cut (French File Cut) design was to offer more sonic possibilities to musicians while keeping the qualities of the Java universe.

More flexible than its predecessor, with a little more tonal body, the Java Filed Red Cut offers a full, rich, centered sound and guarantees excellent projection and an extremely precise attack.

Our Price (excluding vat): £21.74 (£25.54 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Vandoren V12 Alto Reed (each)
The V12 range of reeds have recently been extended to the alto saxophone. It was introduced to meet the demands of many professionals who required a different type of response from their reeds that the traditional cut.

The V12 is cut upon a thicker reed blank and leave a slightly thicker heal and tip. It has a longer vibrating surface than the traditional cut.

A bigger, darker and warmer sound may be found in the V12, contrasted with the brilliance and responsive attack of the Traditional cut. It is a file cut reed.

We have a minimum order or £5 so please don't order just one single reed!

Our Price (excluding vat): £2.48 (£2.91 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Box of 10 Vandoren V12 Alto Reeds SAVINGS IF YOU BUY BY THE BOX
The V12 range of reeds have recently been extended to the alto saxophone. It was introduced to meet the demands of many professionals who required a different type of response from their reeds that the traditional cut.

The V12 is cut upon a thicker reed blank and leave a slightly thicker heal and tip. It has a longer vibrating surface than the traditional cut.

A bigger, darker and warmer sound may be found in the V12, contrasted with the brilliance and responsive attack of the Traditional cut. It is a file cut reed.

Our Price (excluding vat): £21.74 (£25.54 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): £2.48 (£2.91 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): £21.74 (£25.54 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): £2.48 (£2.91 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): £21.74 (£25.54 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): £13.28 (£15.60 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): £7.66 (£9.00 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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NEW! Légère Synthetic Reed for Alto Sax
The regular cut Sax reed is designed for a mellow sound and is generally used for classical playing

Our Price (excluding vat): £17.01 (£19.99 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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NEW! Légère Studio Cut Synthetic Reed for Alto Sax
The Studio Cut reed is free blowing, bright and flexible, making it the ideal reed for the jazz player. Studio Cut reeds are available for Alto and Tenor Sax.

Our Price (excluding vat): £17.01 (£19.99 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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Hahn Synthetic Alto Reeds
A mixture of Kevlar and resin to produce a synthetic reed, which will not only last a long time, but, produce a great sound.

It's been said that Gerald Albright is a user of these to get his big sound.

Despite sometimes acquiring a "torn" look to the tip of the reed from the way they are manufactured, these reeds work extremely well still.

Click "More" for a reed strength comparison chart.

Our Price (excluding vat): £12.17 (£14.30 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): £10.63 (£12.49 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%)

Vandoren 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): £15.65 (£18.39 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): £29.56 (£34.73 Including VAT at 17.5%)

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