For sale is a Cannonball Big Bell Stone Series Custom A5 alto saxophone!
This saxophone is a custom fully engraved Tier 4 Crescent Midnight saxophone.
This is not a stock Cannonball. This horn is only obtainable through a custom order and lengthy wait through the Cannonballs custom engraving program.
The typical stock saxophone has a very simple engraving. This horn features a fully engraved bell with Owl Moon Night scene! All the engravings are hand done at there Salt Lake City, Utah Cannonballs headquarters.
The typical stock Cannonball does not have a neck like this. This horn was custom ordered with 2 black necks. This horn has a very rare shiny black nickel fat neck which is not standard, custom order only. The fat necks have a huge sound!
This horn is sold in MINT perfect condition, however is a used pre-owned saxophone.
Please check out picture #23 & #24 there is a very slight flaw, ding, scratch on the bell lip. The is the worst cosmetic problem on the entire horn.
Our customer custom ordered this horn with us less then a year ago, and overall the horn has very little play time on it.
This sax is an AMAZING PLAYING saxophone!
This horn is a great sax that has JUST come out of the repair shop!
Please check out pictures #5 & #6. This horn was completely broken down separated into pieces, cleaned, degreased, freshly oiled, fresh adjustment material as needed, tightening/fitting of key work, a full next level setup on the horn, etc!
The horn was just fully cleaned to the bone in our ultra sonic cleaner! This sax is a clean fresh tasting, fresh smelling horn! This is not a cheap process to get done.
This sax is currently playing top to bottom fully setup with no clicks, clanks, metal on metal, extra noise, extra motion, the horns key work is leak free. This horn is cleaner and better playing then the day it was sold!
Saxophone repair work is not cheap these days. It can take a long time to get repair work done and not everyone can be trusted with a horn like this. The fact that this horn has just had the full repair service treatment for this sale is a massive value add.
This is an excellent buying situation. There are very few of these fully custom engraved Cannonballs in circulation. Theres only so many of each custom engraving T4 horns that are ever produced floating around in the wild and most of those saxophones are well played, fully used, worn condition. This is a rare opportunity to get a custom engraved Cannonball in great condition on demand with zero wait time what so ever.
This horn has the custom Cannonball Picasso Jasper stone inlays that have gorgeous marbling. This horn has extremely beautiful stones on it!
This saxophone includes some of the factory packaging! Included is Cannonball branded matching black ligature & mouthpiece cap, black metal end plug a few other things.
No Cannonball mouthpiece is included! If you have no mouthpiece to play on, message us directly after purchase and we can include a random non Cannonball brand mouthpiece for you.
While there are other black saxophones out there these Cannonball saxophones particularly are actual black nickle plated metal. Most other black saxophones are a form of black paint that eventually flakes off. These horns are actually a black metal which is highly resonant!
These saxophones are built strong! In the hand these saxophones feel thick and sturdy. Many saxophone brands used softer metals, or key work that can feel bendable in the hands. These saxophones are very sturdy built strong horns.
These saxophones play with a massive tone! These horns are extremely powerful, strong spread and lush sounding. These horns are extremely easy to blow with a strong authoritative tone.
This horn is on sale at our Los Angeles, California saxophone showroom store and can sell at any point so if you have been looking for an alto please buy and pay confidently we will ship ASAP upon payment!