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 C ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 actu ..read more

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 ..read more

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 o ..read more

Look what’s around the corner. We are well stocked on horns and looking forward to another fun Expo. If you are in the market for a new (or used) saxophone, clarinet, flute, oboe, or bassoon, be on the lookout here for more information in the next couple weeks. Like last year, this will be a spread out, safe, appointment-only event covering about a month. Stay tuned ..read more

We’ve been busy. FIFTY (50!!) vintage saxophones have been added to the Saxquest website in the last 3 days. Lots of cool vintage horns, including Conn Chu’s and 10M’s, King Zephyrs and several great Super 20’s, and Selmers ranging from the old Modele 22 and Radio Improved up to Balanced Action and Mark VI’s. Our “What’s New” page doesn’t even show them all (it only displays 30 horns!) so you’ll need to browse around the Vintage Horns section to see everything. And we aren’t finished yet. We’ve gotten in a couple cool vintage bass saxes and some other gems that will be posted in the next coupl ..read more