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About Phil Barone Saxophones

 For the past 20 years, Phil Barone has dedicated himself to designing, manufacturing, customizing and balancing of high quality saxophone mouthpieces. As a saxophone player, Phil Barone became interested in all aspects of saxophone playing leading to an intense interest in and curiosity about what makes a great saxophone mouthpiece.

The rest is history, as they say. Phil Barone's mouthpieces are legendary in their performance and now Phil has entered into the realm of making available to the saxophone community his own brand of saxophones that are designed and built to his specifications in Taiwan.

 Why You Should Buy My Saxophones And The Truth About Taiwanese instruments.
About twenty years ago some musical instrument distributors began importing Taiwanese saxophones to the US with some success. A few of them were multi-colored and while this was an innovative concept the quality of workmanship was poor. Some repairman disparaged their quality. Frequently, these instruments played out of tune, broke down, and worse, were difficult to repair. The metal was soft causing stripped threads and other problems such as bent posts. The primarily reason for the poor quality control was inexperience. That has drastically changed.

 		 
 
In the manufacturing process, there are two main components, technology and the quality of the finished product. With saxophones in particular, it took many years for companies like Selmer, Yamaha, and Yanigasawa to acquire this expertise and find the optimum tone hole placement and size. While this was achieved through trial and error, it still falls under the category of technology. Optimum tone hole size and placement is important for good intonation and an even scale. There may be some things you may not like about a newly acquired saxophone, however, they do play more in tune and the scale is more even. Wisely, the Taiwanese were able to duplicate all of the technology and nuances of Selmer, Yanigasawa, and Yamaha.

 About Craftsmanship
After acquiring a reputable name in the business Phil began receiving offers from saxophone manufacturers in Taiwan and China to private label a saxophone with the Phil Barone name. But, having heard so many negative opinions from numerous saxophone players he refused these offers. He knew that the quality of the horns would not be of quality standard deserving to bear the Phil Barone name. That is, until recently.

A small company sprang up with a quality product that surprised, even shocked him. Upon investigation, he found that the company was based in Taiwan. These saxophones are superb and of such superiority that they compare favorably with many name brand saxophones and many professional players are using them.

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