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Backpacker Saxophone
Backpacker Saxophone

Backpacker Saxophone

Created by Ron Marr

Beginners and pro musicians will love this lightweight, handmade wooden update to the woodwind section star.

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Handmade

Independent Maker

Made in USA

What Makes This Backpacker Saxophone Uncommon

Sax Appeal

Made up of a staggering 600 parts and weighing up to 8 pounds, a traditional saxophone rarely appears on hikes or at campgrounds. It's a good thing maker Ron Marr dreamed up a more portable, player-friendly version of the woodwind section favorite. Using forgotten timber, often found on his lawn, Ron hollows and burns out each instrument's sound chamber, which is charred, sanded, and smoothed to a slick finish. Then he drills and tunes six holes (rather than the standard 25) before affixing a copper plumbing elbow and adding that signature sax mouthpiece. The result is a travel-ready wooden twist on an old favorite capable of delivering a warm sax/clarinet combination tone that beginners and pro horn players will love picking up and playing out. Handmade in Missouri.
Ron Marr

created by

Ron Marr

location

Missouri

From Montana ghost towns and remote Ozark cabins to the edge of Florida's Everglades, solitude in nature is priceless to Ron Marr. "It's provided me opportunities to teach myself skills, take up hobbies, and create simply for the joy of creation," he says. The west-central Missouri native has built countless dulcimers, guitars, bowed psalteries, and wooden flutes for more than 40 years. In addition to instruments, Ron is an award-winning wood-carver, published author, and newspaper and magazine writer.

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What is the saxophone made from?

brass, plastic, red oak, copper-elbow, bamboo reed

What are the saxophone's measurements?

Assembled dimensions (with mouthpiece) 16” L x 4” W x 1.5” H

How do you care for the saxophone?

To protect the bamboo reed, place mouthpiece cap over mouthpiece when not in use

What else should you know about the saxophone?

Includes:
- 4C Alto Sax mouthpiece
- cap
- ligature
- 2 reeds (1 installed and 1 extra)
- instruction sheet/fingering chart

Item ID

54824

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  • 5 stars out of 5

    Great purchase

    Bought as Christmas present For my husband he loves to try out various instruments and plays a little on many of them I thought this would be a nice change up from all of the string instruments he plays and he truly loves it

    • Cindy c
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  • 5 stars out of 5

    Love this instrument!

    My husband gave this to me for Christmas. As a musician and collector of unusual instruments, I was delighted with this present. I am having lots of fun playing with this fun present.

    • Colette
    • Virginia
  • 4 stars out of 5

    Awesome design, cool concept

    My husband absolutely loved how portable this sax was and how simple yet beautiful the design is. So far he has struggled to get the right sound, but that could also be because he's a beginner!

    • Jess
    • South Norwalk, Connecticut
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