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Thanks for visiting! Just Saxes is located in Mid-City, New Orleans, a short hike from the Fairgrounds and the annual Jazz & Heritage Festival.  Originally opened in Bywater New Orleans in 2001, I'm privileged to work with some of New Orleans' finest and most irreplaceable saxophonists, young and old.  It's also been my privilege to work with customers around the world, from Italy to Australia, Germany to Japan, Singapore to South Africa, and points in between.

Here at Just Saxes, you'll find vintage & new saxophones, mouthpieces and cases, as well as articles and links to sites related to vintage saxophones and horn-shopping.  A vintage saxophone enthusiast myself, I buy only those instruments that I know to be good candidates for professional quality performance.  I do not buy saxophones that are of inferior quality, nor do I sell them; if you buy a saxophone from Just Saxes, you can be sure it is up to the requirments of any musical demand.  While some musical contexts certainly favor certain equipment over other equipment -- for R&B a Martin tenor, or for swing a Conn Chu Berry Tenor, or a Buffet Superdynaction or Buescher True-Tone for classical -- we can also work together to determine just the right fit.  If I don't have the equipment you need, I will never try to sell you something that is not a good fit.

Recognized worldwide for the quality of my repair work as well, I know what is required to bring a saxophone to its best performance. When you buy a saxophone from Just Saxes, or have an overhaul performed by Just Saxes, you can be absolutely sure that the work is top rung, that it was performed by my own hand, and that no shortcuts were taken in the care of your saxophone.  As any one who has had a great deal of experience in the vintage saxophone repair and retail marketplace knows, there are only a very few saxophone specialists of whom any one of those three things can be said with consistency.

I do not do a huge volume of business, working on only a handful of saxophones monthly, and I give my best effort to every saxophone and every customer whether genius or novice, great or small.

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If you're looking for reference materials on vintage saxophones, and vintage saxophone shopping - as well as links to local music and club sites - you'll find articles and links through the "LINKS:  VINTAGE SAXOPHONE SITES & RESOURCES" button, below.

 
Update 9.08.09:  A new, ruggedly made, off-the-shelf saxophone that plays in tune, with a good, professional line sound, at well under $1000?  Yes, indeed:

NEW SAXOPHONES
- Bauhaus Walstein saxophones now available through Just Saxes -
Coming Soon:  Just Saxes "Crescent" Saxophones

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VINTAGE SAXOPHONES

(Alexander reeds are offered in selected styles & strengths as a service to customers, and are available at this time only with purchases, or by special arrangement.)

Just Saxes features retail items by:
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- Also now available:  new retail saxophones - please inquire by email for details -
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