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Backpacker Sax™
The Coolest Hardwood Saxophone On Earth*
*And the Other Planets Too . . . Mostly Because The Other Planets Don’t Have Trees
Red Oak Versions Sold Nationally By
Uncommon Goods Will Have More For Sale Around The First Week Of February, 2022. I’m Building Them Now.
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I Also Make Custom Saxes
All Are Created From Downed Tree Limbs!
One-Of-A Kind Instruments • Utterly Unique Gifts
On request I will make you a custom sax from a downed tree limb found here on our family farm. These are exceptionally cool-looking, great-playing saxes . . . take a look at the before-and after pix.
Feel free to ask for wood-burned personalization (your name, favorite quote, etc), longer scale, inner chamber sanded to glass-like smoothness, upgraded mouthpiece, and more . . . it’s all up to you.
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Trunaround Time Is Generally About Two Weeks
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About the Backpacker Sax . . .
It starts as a forgotten piece of timber . . . often whatever the ice storms and twisters drop on my lawn. I hollow and burn the sound chamber, sand enthusiastically inside and out, drill and tune the fingerholes, rub the wood with boiled linseed oil, and apply a light, protective finish.
Add the copper plumbing fitting and a mouthpiece, and you’ve got one cool-sounding, great-looking, Backpacker Sax.
It plays one full octave, and with a bit of practice, sharps and flats are a breeze.
The Backpacker Sax includes a new (still in box) 4C Alto Sax mouthpiece, cap, ligature, Rico reed, and instruction sheet/fingering chart.
Best of all . . . anyone can learn to play The Backpacker Sax. You need not be able to read music, and prior experience isn't required. Most people can blow simple tunes after just a couple days of practice.
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I also Make . . . By Custom Request
Wind Chimes
