HELP I am looking at the cannon Ball .

[dduck10]

I have seen and not yet played the cannonball Alto Sax.. Has anyone had any dealings with this horn and if so tell us about it. :?

[xuanvu]

Check out the Cannonball section here, you can find almost everything about Cannonball... I've played with it for awhile, nice horn, but a little bit too much money.

[saxchado]

I recently visited the cannonball "factory" (the salt lake city location) where they play test and fine-tune their horns.

I have many friends and students who own cannonball horns. I think that their sopranos are some of the best on the market. Their altos, well, they are a decent step-up/intermediate/advanced horn, but they really aren't readyt to compete with the big four yet.

If you intend to play for fun, personal enjoyment, high school, etc. then they are a fine option. If you intend to persue your playing to a higher level, there are many other horns out there that will better suit your needs.

The only real issue that I have with cannonball is that they market (and price) their horns as a professional model at the same level as the big 4, but they are not. They are simply not.