Why Vintage Saxophones?

Vintage Saxophones are renowned for their superior tonal qualities, excellent build characteristics, craftsmanship, brass composition and beautiful hand engraved and assembled finishes make these saxophones arguable the best saxophones on the market.

These instruments are collectibles that inturn make these instruments highly valuable assets. Due to this factor alone, vintage saxophones typically appreciate in value over time. (Make, model and condition effect these values).  

Vintage Saxophones include models and manufacturers from Selmer Paris, MKVI or earlier, Conn pre 1960's, Buescher pre 1960's, King pre 1970's which represent arguably the prime production runs from these manufacturers.   This is not to downplay other professional manufacturers such as SML, Couf and Kielwerth as well.

What makes a Good Vintage Saxophone?

At Vintagesaxophones.com.au, we go to every effort to ensure that before we sell or ship out saxes that they are in perfect playing condition. This normally entails giving the sax a complete overhaul, disassembly and clean, new pads, corks, felts and tightening any loose action in the key work. We pride ourselves in getting a sax to you in it's optimum playing condition.   If a full repad is not required, the sax is still put through a professional service to ensure all pads are sealing perfectly, all key heights are at their design spec and that all key work is as tight as possible. Well, if you can't play a subtone on a vintage sax, their must be something wrong with the set up. Set up, Set up, Set up, is one of the most important variables with any sax.

Even after this premium cleansing and set up treatment, not all saxophones are make equally. Even in today's modern horns, you can buy professional standard saxes 1 serial number apart from one and another and they sound, play and feel completely differently. We recommend a on site inspection and play of that sax that interests you, however we realise this is not always possible.