Xaphoon Xaphoon de Catalunya

Xaphoon de Catalunya

The Xaphoon de Catalunya is the new Xaphoon developed by Brian Wittman in collaboration with Xaphoon Europe. It is made in northern Spain, about 80 km north of Barcelona, in the workshop of Francesc Sans Sastre, who specializes in the construction of traditional wind instruments. The wood for the instruments comes from the region. The wood used is mainly holm oak and olive tree. After the Maui Xaphoon and the Xaphoon Standard, this wooden Xaphoon is the third Xaphoon generationto be developed specifically for the European market.

The features of the Xaphoon de Catalunya:

• Finish: Almond
• Country of origin: Catalonia/Spain
• lowest note C'
• easy to play
• chromatic playability over two octaves
• wide open mouthpiece
• tenor saxophone reed
• overblows in the duodecim
• strongly pronounced grain
• less pressure required than when playing a clarinet mouthpiece
• sonorous, warm full sound

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