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After several years in research and development we are finally able to announce a companion for PPT mouthpieces, the Cafésaxophone saxophone, our own brand.
I now have an early prototype and hoping to get into production later this year. It's taken so long because it was not easy to find something good enough to put the brand name on, and at a price that is not as ridiculous as some we see these days. But I'm now very excited by this. Initially we will be releasing the professional "Barista" pro model. We are also hoping for a deluxe custom model. You will be able to specify many aspects of the keywork and finish up to (almost) a complete custom design - the instrument will be built to your specs. If all goes well there will also be a student model that blows all the others out of the water.
It has been a very long journey. What I've noticed while visiting the trade fairs at Namm and Frankfurt is how easy it is these days to source a decent instrument and have your brand put on it... BUT ...in order to be able to offer something just that little bit different (and dare I say "better") is not so easy. The problem I found with so many "off the shelf" stencilled instruments is they often have one or two aspects that really wows you, this one has everything I would ask for. It looks stunning as well.
Anyway enough honest yet somehow tantalising hype, we'll be providing more news, photos, sound clips soon. And if anyone is interested there will be pre-orders available with refundable deposit.
More news very soon...
I now have an early prototype and hoping to get into production later this year. It's taken so long because it was not easy to find something good enough to put the brand name on, and at a price that is not as ridiculous as some we see these days. But I'm now very excited by this. Initially we will be releasing the professional "Barista" pro model. We are also hoping for a deluxe custom model. You will be able to specify many aspects of the keywork and finish up to (almost) a complete custom design - the instrument will be built to your specs. If all goes well there will also be a student model that blows all the others out of the water.
It has been a very long journey. What I've noticed while visiting the trade fairs at Namm and Frankfurt is how easy it is these days to source a decent instrument and have your brand put on it... BUT ...in order to be able to offer something just that little bit different (and dare I say "better") is not so easy. The problem I found with so many "off the shelf" stencilled instruments is they often have one or two aspects that really wows you, this one has everything I would ask for. It looks stunning as well.
Anyway enough honest yet somehow tantalising hype, we'll be providing more news, photos, sound clips soon. And if anyone is interested there will be pre-orders available with refundable deposit.
More news very soon...
