Eastman 52nd Street - ETS652 - Tenor Saxophone

Eastman 52nd Street - ETS652 - Tenor SaxophoneSax legend Bob Mintzer & award winning saxophonist Alex Hahn's first choice of saxophone. A serious heavyweight addition to our pro sax range, the 52nd Street Tenor captures a classic vintage sound full bodied and free blowing and combines this with wonderful ergonomics. This is now the second generation of 52nd Street saxes. And Eastman has now taken things up a notch and refined many aspects of the design and its performance. The new models are

A premium ligature that gives greater weight and tonal substance than either the Light or Dark

• Recommended for: Advancing students

The majority of more experienced players move on to reed types that suit their particular style of playing- but Rico Royals are good for keeping your options open

"I was delighted to pick up this sax and immediately get on with it – everything clicks

Similar to the Vandoren MO ligature

I could easily see this piece fitting into a jazz or big band situation

The upgraded replacement for the T991U series

Whilst the design and sound may be evocative of older vintage instruments

I’m sure this must be largely due to the change of brass on the AWO1 and AWO10 models

An easy and fun-to-play mouthpiece the Giant captures the full range of tonal qualities of the instrument

- Jim @ SAX

• Recommended for: Extremely versatile- should acquit itself well in most context