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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!

Bob demonstrates 3 of our most popular unlacquered professional tenor saxes. Yanagisawa wo20ul Signature Custom RAW XS P Mauriat PMXT67RUL

That's right - we've got P Mauriat saxes back in stock! We used to sell plenty of these handmade beauties going back about 8 years or so, then distribution rights were changed and you could only buy them from one UK shop.Great to have them back, we always loved the way they played along with many, many world class, international pro players! Often likened to having the response of the legendary Selmer MKVI, these horns really do give the right amount of resistance to push against like vintage Se …