Ryan Lillywhite has the best job. He gets to make sure these beautiful horns go out ready to play and he gets to wear shorts and flip flops at work. He must have played more saxophones than pretty much anyone other than the guys at the older manufacturers.
Gotta love Rachel - so cool! A really well put together video, well done! Also really pleased that this business exists for the U.S. and that it seems to be progressing well in all its endeavours. Seems like a really good ethos and business plan. Well done Cannonball!!
Near the end of the video, Tevis said these magic words. They are not just selling instruments, but are actually in the business of "changing lives." That's what music does. That's what happened with me. I grew up in a tiny town in eastern Montana. Despite its small size and remote location, we were blessed with an extraordinary band program. I wanted to play a saxophone, but our family could not afford such an expensive instrument. I was offered the chance to start with a cheap plastic clarinet, with the promise that if I showed a genuine interest I could eventually transition to a sax. While I did work my way up to first chair clarinet, I never did get a chance to play a saxophone, and after graduation, my life moved on. Fifty years later, I was walking down a street in Mesa, AZ, and noticed a wonderful music store. We walked in to look around, and they had an entire wall of beautiful saxophones, including a Cannonball straight soprano sax with a deep ruby color and gorgeous engraving (by Julee). I was intrigued, and over the next week it eventually occurred to me that I could finally afford that saxophone I had always wanted to play. By the time we made it back to Milano Music, though, that unique saxophone had already been sold. Their excellent staff assured me they could order another one, but it would take awhile. I was so impatient to start, I bought a Cannonball Raven curved soprano off their wall while I was waiting for it to arrive. Several months later, I also took home a Cannonball Black Ruby tenor, with exotic Dragon's Pearl engraving (by Joshua). You can see pictures of it on the Cannonball web site. A year later, I decided to order a custom alto sax, built to my exact specifications; the instrument of my childhood dreams. With a lot of help from Milano Music, and several email exchanges with Cannonball staff (special thanks to Meg and Leesa), we got it ordered. It is polished Black Nickel, with Green Bog semiprecious stones - a combination I would have never considered, without encouragement from Meg. The engraving is the Flowing Locks pattern (carved by Kris), because it looks so much like my wife, but modified to remove the horns (hehe). I was actually able to pick it up directly at the Cannonball factory (thanks again, Leesa), and the result is spectacular! The bottom line is, Tevis is so correct. Their business is actually about changing lives. (Maybe there is one more change coming. When I picked up my custom alto, Leesa pointed out the obvious. "Gee, Wayne, all you are missing now is a Bari sax!" Maybe, a big Brute Bari with Hummingbird engraving would be fun.)
This is great! To see like the behind the scenes of how my awesome saxophone got to me. One of the things I love about Cannonball is that they’re all created in Salt Lake City, in my home-state of Utah, and all of the saxophones say Salt Lake City on them (or at least mine did)
Did you use the same mic outside at the beginning and inside? The sound of the sax was so clear and high quality. Great video! Try to get a tour at Eastman, Selmer, Inderbider, Yanagisawa..etc.
Curtis The Cat BlueLead1945 is right, it is made in Taiwan and assembled and checked in the Us just like apple products are made in China and assembled in California. Koreans put the Cannonball saxophones in the taiwanese sax category eventhough cannonball has American technology
These saxophones are made in china, whether or not they have "american technology" is irrelevant because they are supporting foreign workers, and not U.S. workers as they make it seem. The vast majority of Chinese and Taiwanese instruments are not good, cannonball included, the two exceptions are the buffet 400 series, and P. Mauriac saxophones. The only other great horns come from Yamaha, Yanagisawa, Selmer, and Keilwerth (however I haven't played Rampone, I have heard their great though). I gathered these opinions from my own playing and decades of experience
So would you recommend getting a curved saprano or a straight saprano...and should I get a saxophone that's now for beginners.. I have a sax that I have had since 6th grade and I'm a sophomore. So should get a more professional saxophone?
Bro that's awesome! I just recently got a saxophone today and I hope I can be as good as you. I have a good tone and I can actually play it (just gotta learn notes and stuff) Btw I've never played any woodwind so I'm suprised that I can actually play... If anyone can leave tips I will appreciate it so much!
Anjaila Poole yeah it's annoying because at my old school I had a professional Yamaha but than I moved so I have probably the worst saxophone I've ever seen/ used or heard
+BriansThing this was great! I saw a cannonball sax. black body with silver keys. I was in love with it the second I saw it. but it's sooo expensive 😢😢
Wow.....very shine, short and tidy factory !!!.
Hope i can get a cannonbal tenor someday !
Ryan Lillywhite has the best job. He gets to make sure these beautiful horns go out ready to play and he gets to wear shorts and flip flops at work. He must have played more saxophones than pretty much anyone other than the guys at the older manufacturers.
6:16 the lick
I’m drooling just looking at that factory. It would be really cool if you could custom your own horn.
Gotta love Rachel - so cool!
A really well put together video, well done! Also really pleased that this business exists for the U.S. and that it seems to be progressing well in all its endeavours. Seems like a really good ethos and business plan. Well done Cannonball!!
Near the end of the video, Tevis said these magic words. They are not just selling instruments, but are actually in the business of "changing lives." That's what music does. That's what happened with me.
I grew up in a tiny town in eastern Montana. Despite its small size and remote location, we were blessed with an extraordinary band program. I wanted to play a saxophone, but our family could not afford such an expensive instrument. I was offered the chance to start with a cheap plastic clarinet, with the promise that if I showed a genuine interest I could eventually transition to a sax. While I did work my way up to first chair clarinet, I never did get a chance to play a saxophone, and after graduation, my life moved on.
Fifty years later, I was walking down a street in Mesa, AZ, and noticed a wonderful music store. We walked in to look around, and they had an entire wall of beautiful saxophones, including a Cannonball straight soprano sax with a deep ruby color and gorgeous engraving (by Julee). I was intrigued, and over the next week it eventually occurred to me that I could finally afford that saxophone I had always wanted to play. By the time we made it back to Milano Music, though, that unique saxophone had already been sold. Their excellent staff assured me they could order another one, but it would take awhile. I was so impatient to start, I bought a Cannonball Raven curved soprano off their wall while I was waiting for it to arrive. Several months later, I also took home a Cannonball Black Ruby tenor, with exotic Dragon's Pearl engraving (by Joshua). You can see pictures of it on the Cannonball web site.
A year later, I decided to order a custom alto sax, built to my exact specifications; the instrument of my childhood dreams. With a lot of help from Milano Music, and several email exchanges with Cannonball staff (special thanks to Meg and Leesa), we got it ordered. It is polished Black Nickel, with Green Bog semiprecious stones - a combination I would have never considered, without encouragement from Meg. The engraving is the Flowing Locks pattern (carved by Kris), because it looks so much like my wife, but modified to remove the horns (hehe). I was actually able to pick it up directly at the Cannonball factory (thanks again, Leesa), and the result is spectacular!
The bottom line is, Tevis is so correct. Their business is actually about changing lives.
(Maybe there is one more change coming. When I picked up my custom alto, Leesa pointed out the obvious. "Gee, Wayne, all you are missing now is a Bari sax!" Maybe, a big Brute Bari with Hummingbird engraving would be fun.)
Wayne it was a pleasure to work with you and to meet your beautiful wife! We hope you are doing well. We LOVE Brian's Thing!!!
This is probably my favorite video on UA-cam. I was looking over my own 20th anniversary raven tenor while watching this!
Thanks, that was really cool. I have a Vintage Reborn alto and Rachel was the one who engraved it, so it was cool to see her working. I love my sax!
Thanks for this video Brian. Great factory and brand of saxes....
+Konsta Sedneff thank you so much! I'm happy you enjoyed the tour!
Great tour of Cannonball Brian, keep up the great work and make your music.
Awesome! I play a cannonball alto right now and I love the tone I get from it!
This is great! To see like the behind the scenes of how my awesome saxophone got to me. One of the things I love about Cannonball is that they’re all created in Salt Lake City, in my home-state of Utah, and all of the saxophones say Salt Lake City on them (or at least mine did)
They're actually made in Taiwan. They're just assembled and engraved in SLC.
Wow! Great playing!
wow that is incredible!!!
It was a great time!
Very cool tour!!
Thanks! It was lots of fun to see it all happening!
he played the L I C K
Nice! Love the vintage reborn sound. Not a fan of the Gerry Albright saxes myself but I can certainly see the appeal.
Yea both are great saxes! When I recorded with the Cannonball Band I was using a Brute Big Bell and loved it.
Brian, awesome video. Great job.
Thanks so much!
So very interesting !! 💕💕
Did you use the same mic outside at the beginning and inside? The sound of the sax was so clear and high quality. Great video!
Try to get a tour at Eastman, Selmer, Inderbider, Yanagisawa..etc.
Yes it was the same mic! I plan to go to more factories throughout the world!
Woow I think that would be like going to Disneyland!❤
This is really cool! I've always wanted to see how saxophones are made
They're not made there. They're made in Taiwan. They ship the parts to SLC and they just assemble them there.
That was awesome!
Thanks Chris!
"...here in Salt Lake City...see how they make the saxophones..." great they are still making saxes in the USA
Curtis The Cat BlueLead1945 is right, it is made in Taiwan and assembled and checked in the Us just like apple products are made in China and assembled in California. Koreans put the Cannonball saxophones in the taiwanese sax category eventhough cannonball has American technology
These saxophones are made in china, whether or not they have "american technology" is irrelevant because they are supporting foreign workers, and not U.S. workers as they make it seem. The vast majority of Chinese and Taiwanese instruments are not good, cannonball included, the two exceptions are the buffet 400 series, and P. Mauriac saxophones. The only other great horns come from Yamaha, Yanagisawa, Selmer, and Keilwerth (however I haven't played Rampone, I have heard their great though). I gathered these opinions from my own playing and decades of experience
Aww that's so cool!!!
I want one of those practice bells
so do I
Saludos a Massiel desde Guatemala!
That so awesome Brian, i hope your enjoy your time over there?
I can't wait to visit Salt Lake again! I loved the entire trip!
Your so lucky, i wanna go to visit and see all the saxophones and how they are made up close
So would you recommend getting a curved saprano or a straight saprano...and should I get a saxophone that's now for beginners.. I have a sax that I have had since 6th grade and I'm a sophomore. So should get a more professional saxophone?
Wow awesome
Bro that's awesome! I just recently got a saxophone today and I hope I can be as good as you. I have a good tone and I can actually play it (just gotta learn notes and stuff) Btw I've never played any woodwind so I'm suprised that I can actually play... If anyone can leave tips I will appreciate it so much!
Keith just curious since this comment was left 2 years ago, how are you doing now?
This video was great!
cool!
Wow that's a nice facility!
Yes it was super cool!
I find it hard to believe that they acoustically design every single instrument there
I really want a alto saxophone big bell signature gerald albright but I have no financial conditions to buy! Maybe one day! Greetings from Brazil!
They are amazing! Hopefully one day!
Can you buy saxes directly from them at the headquarters in Salt Lake City?
Hi friend, good video! What mouthpiece is the saxophonist using? Thank you very much.
thats awesome
"The Lick" @6:14!!!!
I was just about to comment that! Haha!
ADAM NEELY
Very nice.
Brian should be the play tester!
That would be such an awesome job!
Made in Taiwan sold through Utah?
Can you do a cover of bohemian rapsity
*rhapsody
uproad thank you!!
i'm japanese "tennor raven"usere.(^_^)
i love cannonball.!!!!
Dam too bad he made you leave when he fine tuned the tenor! I am willing to bet he camfered all sharp edges inside the tenon!......
Nice
6:15 shout out for the licc
I own a stone series cannonball tenor
Anjaila Poole lucky. What finish did you get
I don't remember I need to look lol. but jeez it was like 3,000+ dollars
Anjaila Poole man I can't wait I'm saving up for a big bell and can't wait. The place near me has them for around $2600
Henry Marocchi man they're expensive though but they're worth it. I also have an alto sax but not of the cannonball series
Anjaila Poole yeah it's annoying because at my old school I had a professional Yamaha but than I moved so I have probably the worst saxophone I've ever seen/ used or heard
Could you special order a big bell stone series soprano with a fixed neck?
you may want to send them an email
MysteryMusicMan n www.cannonballmusic.com/dealerinquiry.php
So you're saying if I have a key leak I can slap it with a hammer to fix it?
I'm gonna have to try that at home
XD omg
So shocking to me to see her do that and not heat up the key with a torch and then float the pad like my techs have done for 40 years.
Massiel Gregory is from watermelon
"I don't know how much film you have. " lol
lol
Yea Ryan is old school like that
+BriansThing this was great! I saw a cannonball sax. black body with silver keys. I was in love with it the second I saw it. but it's sooo expensive 😢😢
Where is a place I can buy a cannonball saxophone in utah
Summerhays in Layton or Murray have them.
HOW MUCH IS A CANNONBALL HORN?
Pedro Bernardo Ponce Alba I play a cannonball tenor and it was 2600$
First and first like :D
No one makes horns in the USA anymore huh? What a letdown. I mean, at least they set every one up. 🤷♂️
second like,yay
Hey you should do a giveaway! It would really help you get more subscribers and Likes!
But this isn't where they're made, that's China right? 😆