Maker
Cannonball Musical Instruments
Utah saxophone and wind-instrument maker
Cannonball Musical Instruments is a Salt Lake City company making saxophones, trumpets, trombones, clarinets, flutes, and related wind instruments.
Models
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Cannonball Gerald Albright Signature Series
Saxophone · United States
A signature professional saxophone series developed with saxophonist Gerald Albright and offered in soprano, alto, and tenor voices. Each horn carries elaborate hand engraving designed with Albright, including a hidden pair of golf clubs as a nod to his love of the game, and is finished in black-nickel or a black-nickel-and-silver combination with multicolored Picasso Jasper stone touches. The saxophones have one-piece hand-hammered brass bells and Italian Pisoni leather pads, and are hand-engraved and acoustically customized in Salt Lake City, with alto and tenor models including the patented FAT Neck.
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Cannonball Sceptyr
Saxophone · United States
Cannonball's semi-professional, step-up saxophone series for the advancing player, offered in alto and tenor voices. It is built from brass with an annealed bell, bow, and neck, a one-piece hand-hammered bell, blue abalone key touches, a high F-sharp key, and Italian Pisoni leather pads. Finish options include lacquer and black-nickel bodies with lacquer or silver-plated keys, and each horn is acoustically customized by a technician.
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Cannonball Big Bell Stone Series
Saxophone · United States
Cannonball's flagship professional saxophone series, built around the oversized Big Bell the company introduced in 2001 to broaden dynamic range and add depth to the lower register. Each horn has a bell hand-hammered from a single sheet of brass and is offered in soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone voices. The series is sold in distinctive finishes such as Raven (iced black-nickel), Mad Meg (unlacquered brass), Brute (aged-brass patina), and Hotspur, and premium models ship with two hand-customized necks including the silver-plated FAT Neck.
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Cannonball Alcazar
Saxophone · United States
Cannonball's premium student saxophone series for beginning and advancing musicians, offered in alto and tenor voices with a lacquer finish. The keywork is set closer together to suit smaller hands, and construction includes a single-sheet hand-hammered brass bell, ribbed body for rigidity, a high F-sharp key, blue steel springs, power-forged keys, and Italian Pisoni leather pads. Each horn is acoustically customized by a technician and ships with a hard-shell case.
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Cannonball Vintage Reborn
Saxophone · United States
A professional Cannonball series that recreates the compact core, lively resonance, and focused projection of saxophones from the early and mid 1900s. It pairs a traditional bell and bore size with vintage-style keywork and lightweight key guards for quick, responsive playing, and is offered in soprano, alto, and tenor voices. Each horn has a one-piece hand-hammered bell, semi-precious stone key touches, Italian Pisoni leather pads, and hand-engraved designs created by Utah-based artisans.
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Saxophones
Saxophones and saxophone model families.
Representative model
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Cannonball Big Bell Stone Series
Saxophone · United States
Cannonball's flagship professional saxophone series, built around the oversized Big Bell the company introduced in 2001 to broaden dynamic range and add depth to the lower register. Each horn has a bell hand-hammered from a single sheet of brass and is offered in soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone voices. The series is sold in distinctive finishes such as Raven (iced black-nickel), Mad Meg (unlacquered brass), Brute (aged-brass patina), and Hotspur, and premium models ship with two hand-customized necks including the silver-plated FAT Neck.