Arnolds Terra 300 Alto Sax

Description

Arnolds Terra 300 Alto Sax. Up-grade alto sax from respected German company Arnold Stolzel. Supplied in a user-friendly back-pack case.

Specification of Arnolds Terra 300 Alto Sax

• Curved
• Gold lacquer
• High F# key
• detachable bell
• adjustable metal-thumbrest
• rounded Mother of Pearl inlays
• ESM mouthpiece
• Pisoni pads
• Comfort case with back-pack straps

Other Alto Saxes to consider

“The saxophone was developed in 1846 by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian instrument maker, flautist, andclarinetist born in Dinant and originally based in Brussels, he later moved to Paris to establish his musical instrument business. Prior to his work on the saxophone, he had made several improvements to the bass clarinet by improving its keywork and acoustics and extending its lower range. Sax was also a maker of the then-popular ophicleide, a large conical brass instrument in the bass register with keys similar to a woodwind instrument. His experience with these two instruments allowed him to develop the skills and technologies needed to make the first saxophones. As an outgrowth of his work improving the bass clarinet, Sax began developing an instrument with the projection of a brass instrument and the agility of a woodwind. He wanted it to overblow at the octave, unlike the clarinet, which rises in pitch by a twelfthwhen overblown. An instrument that overblew at the octave, would have identical fingering for bothregisters.” – Wikipedia