St Louis summer is in full swing, meaning we’ve already had a few 100 degree days, but don’t let the heat keep you from visiting the store. We’ve got a lot of inventory right now, including 10+ Mark VI tenors and 10+ Mark VI altos, at a range of prices for every budget. For the week of July 4th, we’ll be closed during our typical Wednesday staff lunch meeting from 12pm – 2pm and closed all day on Thursday, July 4, but normal hours otherwise the rest of the week. Make an appointment to try out some horns or mouthpieces, or come in to get your sax, clarinet, or flute looked at in our repair shop. Hope to see you!

Saxquest is excited to offer a new service for Conn Saxophones!

Conn saxophones are well known for their locking pivot screws. This system is excellent when in proper functioning condition. However, it is common for the small lock screws to be lost, loose, damaged, or rusted in place. These symptoms lead to pivot screws backing out, being able to wiggle in their posts, and cause uneven wear in the mechanism.

Saxquest is now offering an upgrade to the Conn locking screw system! The process involves installing a slightly larger stainless steel set screw that uses an Allen wrench. The original Conn screws were an alloy of steel that is prone to rusting and prone to being broken by standard screwdrivers. When stuck, they are labor-intensive to remove. With this upgrade, there is a lower risk of the screws becoming stuck, and if they do, they are easier for technicians to remove and replace!

The cost of this upgrade service is $80 for New Wonder I or II and Artist Series 6M, 10M, or 12M. The cost is $100 for Connqueror 26M or 30M. The upgrade service is available only as an add on to a Setup or Overhaul Service tier.

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!

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 [email protected], or call the shop for immediate assistance at 314-664-1234.

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 [email protected]

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 [email protected].

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

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!

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.

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.

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.