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Saxquest @ NASA March 15-16

We’re packing up some horns and heading down to the North American Saxophone Alliance conference on the campus of Oklahoma State. We’ll be in the Exhibitor’s area, so stop by and say “hi” to Mark, play-test a horn, or just hang around. See you there!

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See you at MMEA January 25-27 – Check Store Hours

Saxquest is packing up and headed to the Missouri Music Educator’s convention. If you are attending, stop by our exhibit and say “hi” or play-test a horn. We’ll be in the exhibit hall Thursday – Saturday, January 25-27, and would love to see as many local teachers and students as we can.

At our store in St Louis, we will be closing early at around 2pm on Friday (January 26), but plan to have normal hours Saturday January 27 (10am – 2pm), though we may not have a repair tech on hand. This also means that any web/phone orders will be slow to ship from Wednesday on, but we’ll hit the ground running when the store re-opens on Monday, January 29, and get all orders that came in during MMEA shipped out. If you have any questions about an order (or anything in general) you can email us at info@saxquest.com, or call the shop for immediate assistance at 314-664-1234.

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Saxquest Fall Sale NOW Through November 18


Attention clarinet and saxophone players of Saint Louis. Saxquest will be hosting a Fall Sales event November 6th through the 18th.

We are now taking play test appointments for this in person event. During store hours of November 6th through the 18th. Any new instrument purchased will include your choice of a Saxquest gift card for 2024 or a voucher for repair credit. In addition there will also be some massive savings options to take advantage of including up to 10% discounts on select brand new in stock instruments and heavily discounted instruments from our show room.

Please send inquires to sales@saxquest.com

More Details:
With the purchase of an instrument: Buyer Receives their choice of a 50.00 gift card for store credit in 2024 or a $100.00 voucher for repair credit.
Instruments purchased for over $3,000 – Buyer receives their choice of a $100 gift card for store credit in 2024 or a $200.00 voucher for repair credit.
In order take full advantage of the sale please send inquires to sales@saxquest.com.

Book your appointment now at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D45A9A929A0FA7-45827934-fall#/

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Annual Clarinetquest Clarinet Sales Day @ Saxquest, November 4


Join us on Saturday, November 4 from 10am – 3pm for our annual Clarinetquest sales event. We’ll have new horns from Buffet-Crampon Paris, Selmer Paris, Yamaha, P Mauriat, as well as a special presentation from Royal Global. Instruments will be available for trial, so you are looking to upgrade, that’s the day to do it! Reservations/appointments are recommended, to reserve a play-test room, but walk-ins are welcome. You can call the shop at 314-664-1234 or email us to set up an appointment. Hope to see you there!

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Great deals on D’Addario Select Jazz sax reeds, Reserve sax & clarinet reeds

If you are looking to stock up, we’re currently running LOW prices on all D’Addario Select Jazz boxes of reeds (soprano/alto/tenor/bari) and all D’Addario Reserve boxes, for soprano/alto/tenor sax and Bb clarinet. This includes deals on the Reserve Classic and Reserve Evolution for clarinet. Substantial savings there, so stock up while the sale lasts. Head over to our saxophone reed and clarinet reed sections before they are gone.

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See you at MMEA!

This week, starting January 26, we have a booth at Missouri’s MEA convention in Tan-Tar-A. For all our local peeps in our home state of MO, stop by the booth and say “hi” or play a horn. We took a good selection of intermediate and pro level saxes (including some choice vintage Selmers and a Super 20), a half dozen of professional clarinets (including a couple A’s), and a handful of flutes and oboes. If you aren’t making the trek there, we still have a good group of horns at our store in St Louis, so make an appointment to play-test something, or bring your horn on in for a repair evaluation to make sure you are good to go. Looking ahead, February tends to be a quiet month at the shop, so it might be the perfect opportunity to spend a couple hours (or several hours) playing horns.

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Not much time left for shopping + Clarinet Days THIS WEEK!

We’ve got some great horns in stock still, if you are looking for a fantastic gift this holiday season. Just 2 weeks left until Christmas, so call the shop to set up an appointment to play-test. We’ve got new horns from Yamaha, Yanagisawa, P Mauriat, Eastman, and Selmer (including a Supreme alto!) IN STOCK, as well as mouthpieces galore and all the reeds and small accessories you may need for stocking stuffers. If you want a new-to-you sax, we’ve got many great used and vintage saxes as well, including FIFTEEN Selmer Mark VI altos on hand. Where else can you find such a selection to really hand select the one that works for you?

If you are looking for a clarinet, this is the week to buy. This Friday & Saturday (December 16-17) is our annual Clarinet Days holiday sale. We still have some appointments available to test drive new Buffet R13 or professional Yamaha clarinets, as well as many Vandoren Paris mouthpieces and ligatures too.

Hours this week are 10am – 6pm (closed Wednesday 12pm – 2pm for a staff meeting), and Saturday 10am – 2pm. Next week, we’ll be here 10am – 6pm every day, but we will be closed on Saturday the 24th, so plan accordingly. Hope everyone has a fun holiday season and safe gigs out there the next few weekends.

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How to see the newest listings on our website

I hope everyone had a great summer. In St Louis this week, I was reminded of the joys of midwest living, where you can have a high of 97 one day (yesterday and today), followed by highs of 71 and 64 (tomorrow and Friday). Just like that, put away the shorts and break out the jackets!

We have had a fun summer at Saxquest. We had a great time visiting with worldclass artists visiting the shop for repairs, or just stopping in to play some horns, as well as meeting many up-and-coming high school and college players in the area and from across the country. The repair shop is grinding away, and actually starting to get “caught up” after a couple years in a row of very long wait times. If you’ve been holding out on getting your sax or clarinet adjusted, trying to eek out every lost drop of pad life before getting a few replaced, now may be the time to finally get it in to the shop. Let us get it back into perfect playing shape for you!

Today I wanted to point out a page on our website that is often overlooked, our “What’s New” page. We get calls every day asking if we can be on the look-out for a “5 digit VI” or a “pearl side key Super 20” or a “used pro Yamaha at a good price.” Unfortunately there’s a whole lot of people looking for those kinds of horns, so while we do our best to fulfill requests when possible, it would be a herculean effort to find a 5 digit VI for every person who’s called over the last 20 years. The best thing you can do is to bookmark our “What’s New” page, and go there once or twice a week to see what has come in to the shop. Everything we post is listed there immediately, and it’ll save you time from having to click through the various links on our website to see if we have a particular item in stock.

As always, drop us a line if you’d like to visit or if you have any questions.

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Summer is here (and sweltering!)

Another school year in the books, and, here in St Louis, the summer heat has arrived quick and heavy. If it’s the same where you are, hopefully you are taking it easy in those outdoor gigs! If, however, you have some time off and you can be without your horn, it may be the perfect time to get it in for some work. The repair shop is as busy as ever, so don’t wait until the last minute to bring it in.

If you’ve been thinking about upgrading or getting something different, we have a great selection of saxophones and clarinets in stock, including a huge batch of brand new Buffet R13’s, new Yamaha Customs and 62’s, a handful of new Selmers (more Supremes are on the way!) and a whole lot of vintage Selmers. Some really pretty Mark VI’s and SBA’s. Browse through the various sections of our website, and as always, feel free to contact us with any questions.

Even if you don’t need any repair, and don’t need a new horn, stop on in and say “hi.” We’d love to see you and continue your musical journey.

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Saxquest / Clarinetquest CLARINET DAYS Coming April 15-16

Our top clarinet tech, Audrey, recently made the trip to Buffet Crampon’s sole USA distributor and was able to hand select a BUNCH of new clarinets for stock. We are loaded on new R13’s in both silver and nickel keys, and to celebrate, we are holding an event the Friday and Saturday before Easter. We also have a handful of pro level Yamaha clarinets (CSVR, SEVR, and YCL-650), as well as a good number of used models on hand. Each clarinet will have Audrey’s pro set up on it, so you can rest assured that they’ll be in great playing shape. By appointment, you’ll be able to come in and try horns out and see if any are “the one” for you. We are currently taking appointments for both Friday and Saturday from 10am – 5pm. Call the shop at 314-664-1234 or email us at sales@clarinetquest.com to make your appointment!

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