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The future is here!  A brand new concept in designing and manufacturing saxophone mouthpieces by new French company SYOS. With a host of well known international sax artists rushing to sign up and now playing them, it is hard to ignore the impact this brand are having on the saxophone community. Brilliant technology and personal design combined with accurate 3D print. There are two categories of mouthpiece available: 1. An Artist model - choose a model the same as one of the SYO …

As part of 2019's annual Liverpool International Jazz Festival, Liverpool sax specialists Curly Woodwind host another action packed afternoon of workshops and demonstrations for all sax players and enthusiasts. All held in the beautiful surroundings of Liverpool Hope University's Creative Campus, 17 Shaw Street, Liverpool, L6 1HP.This year, international sax superstar Andy Sheppard guests with an informative lecture on all aspects of his playing, practicing and performing – a great treat to gain …

Very recently a customer came in store with a problem on their saxophone - there was an irritating squeaking noise on one of the keys. Within 10 minutes, we had identified the problem and fixed it - it was something and nothing and when the customer asked how much, we said "it's free, don't worry about it". If you've been a regular customer in our store you'll have witnessed this plenty of times, people with emergency repairs taking an exam in half an hour or got a concert or gig that day -  …

We've always stocked a good range of saxophones new & used for the last 17 years here at Curly Woodwind, but as we move into 2018 we're going to be dealing more and more with vintage and classic saxes from yesteryear as well.Expect some great hand selected American pieces such as Conn, King, Buescher, Martin etc from the 1920s onwards and similar European horns from Selmer, Buffet, Dolnet, Grassi etc. All these horns are going to be fully serviced, set up to perfection and come with our fam …

Now in stock a beautiful, highly coveted Selmer MKVI alto sax made in 1963 - what a fantastic horn!