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Wind Instrument Articles

This is where we plan to post articles about shopping for and learning to play various winds. At the moment, it’s mostly saxophone articles, since that’s what I know the best.

Shopping for Saxophones

Articles you may find helpful include:

Reminiscing About Saxophones

Another resource, the Horns in My Life articles describe various saxophones (and one flute) with which I’ve made a personal connection over the last 45 years.  Some folks who’ve had similar horns will find it a helpful resource.  Others will just like to reminisce along with me.  On the other hand, if you come across one of these horns while you’re shopping for a saxophone and want to know more about it, you may find one or more of the articles helpful.

The list is in the sequence in which I owned the following horns, not in the sequence they were built, which is way different.

If you have created or know of other good resources we should post or link to here, please let us know.

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