(TVR-L) Vintage Reborn® Tenor
Dark Amber Lacquer


(TVR) Big Vintage Reborn® Tenor
Unlacquered (Mad Meg)


(TVR-BR) Vintage Reborn® Tenor
Aged-Brass Patina (Brute)


(TVR-S) Vintage Reborn® Tenor
Silver-Plated

Vintage Reborn® Pro Tenor
The look, sound, and feel of a vintage horn is contained within the soul of the Vintage Reborn® Pro Series saxophones while incorporating modern improvements. Vintage Reborn® brings the best of both worlds together in perfect harmony.
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Fine Hand-Engraving
Each Cannonball Vintage Reborn® Saxophone is hand-engraved by our specially trained artisans in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Each engraver goes through an apprenticeship with our master engravers for up to a year.
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Limited Editions
The Vintage Reborn® series has standard and limited engravings. The limited engravings are produced in small quantities. Our current limited engraving is the Empire.
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Vintage Sound and Feel
With vintage inspired keywork, a lighter action, and semi-precious stone touch pieces to finish off the look, it is a sound and feel prefered by many of the worlds greatest players including Branford Marsalis and Marc Russo.
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Hard Rubber Mouthpiece

Cannonball Mouthpieces are made of quality hard rubber and carefully crafted play easily and to create a clear, rich, beautiful tone. They are the choice of many professional saxophonists around the world.

9 Semi-Precious Stones

From the deep earth, semi-precious stones adorn the Vintage Reborn® Series

Hand Engraved (Numbered, limited edition engravings available)

Artisans in our Salt Lake City facility intricately hand-engrave each Vintage Reborn® saxophone. The Pete Christlieb models come with an unlimited, traditional-style engraving. And a concurrent Limited Edition engraving is available with a unique engraving motif; each of these saxophones is individually numbered in its Limited Edition. Each engraved saxophone comes with a certificate signed by the engraving artist.

High F#

The High F# key extends the saxophone’s range and makes high passages easier to play.

Hand Customized Vintage Neck

Each Vintage Reborn® comes with a Vintage Reborn neck, hand customized for superior projection, tone, and pitch. We spend a considerable amount of time making sure each neck is just right.

Ribbed Construction

Posts are silver-soldered onto metal “ribs” that are then soft-soldered to the saxophone body. This makes the instrument stronger and more rigid, which helps keep the instrument in adjustment and minimizes damage if hit or dropped.

Ribbed construction also makes the horn easier to repair if damage does occur. This means that if serious damage is done to the saxophone, your repair costs will be lower.

Detachable Bell and Bow

The bell and bow can be removed from the body by a qualified repair technician in the event of serious damage. This reduces repair costs as it allows repairs to be done quicker, easier, and more effectively.

Triple Annealed Bell, Bow, & Neck

The bell, bow, and necks go through an annealing process several times, heating and then cooling the brass to specific temperatures. This annealing process gives the horn a warmer, more even tone.

Cannonball’s hand-hammering process, which follows annealing, hardens the brass and gives our instruments superior ring and resonance.

Italian Water-Resistant Leather Pads with Wool Felt

Our Italian water-resistant leather pads have been specifically chosen for long life, excellent sealing, and the superior feel they add to the key action.

Convex Nickel-Plated Brass Resonators

Our pads have riveted nickel-plated brass resonators that are specifically chosen for optimum performance and sound.

Blued Steel Springs

Steel needle springs allow for the most precise, even key tension. The bluing process makes the steel resistant to rust and corrosion, which extend the life of the springs.

Upper and Lower Stack Adjustment Screws

Upper and lower stack adjustment screws allow for easier and more precise regulation and adjustment. Under each stack adjustment screw we use synthetic cork, which (unlike natural cork) resists compression over time, so the fine adjustments on your saxophone will last.

Power Forged Keys

Forged brass has much greater strength and uniformity than molded brass, so our keys resist bending and hold their adjustment exceptionally well over time.

Pivoting C# - Bb Table Mechanism

The “tilting spatula” rocking mechanism allows fast and fluid transitions between the low C-sharp and low B-flat keys.

Machined One-Piece Neck Receiver

Instead of soldering the post that holds the neck tension and lyre screws, our receiver is machined out of a solid piece of brass. This adds great strength and durability to the neck receiver.

Stabilizing Brace for Left-Hand Spatula

Double Bell to Body Brace **Tenor Only**

**TENOR ONLY** - In addition to the front-to-back stabilization of the traditional “logo” brace, we added a side-to-side brace on our tenors and baritones to keep the bell section in place if the horn is hit or dropped.

Relief Springs on G# and Low C# Keys

Relief springs help lift open the G-sharp and C-sharp keys when they would otherwise “stick” and remain closed.

Adjustable Metal Thumb Hook

Our sturdy brass thumb hook is adjustable so you can set it to the angle that best fits your own hands.

Stabilizing Brace for Left-Hand Spatula

The four left-hand table keys are susceptible to being knocked out of adjustment when their top post moves, so we have added an additional lateral brace to keep it in place, especially when the horn is hit or dropped.

Hand Acoustically Customized

The most important thing that sets Cannonball apart is the acoustical customizing that we do to every instrument. Specially trained and talented acoustical adjusters work on each saxophone, adjusting the bore, air flow, and more until they are satisfied that each horn has an open altissimo, rich lows, even timbre, full-bodied sound, and in-line overtones. When you pick up a Cannonball saxophone, we want you to enjoy it as much as our acoustical technicians do - we want you to say, "I can't put this horn down!"


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