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A brand new online saxophone magazine! Hosted by top UK pro player Dean Masser and Curly Woodwind's Bob Whittaker, Hornclub features sax news/ chat, listening recommendations, saxophone reviews/ demonstrations and introduces the "leading note diminished" method of improvising.Every episode will have demonstrations of specific saxes/ gear and feature a short tutorial. The "leading note diminished" approach to improvising is the REAL deal! Forget all those scales, chords, ii/v/i's you've …

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 …

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 …