Xaphoon de Catalunya / Oak - in C

Xaphoon de Catalunya / Oak - in C

The XAPHOON DE CATALUNYA is the newest and noblest among the Xaphoons. It was developed in 2014 by Brian Wittman in collaboration with Xaphoon Europa and is manufactured in northern Spain, approximately 80 km north of Barcelona, in the workshop of Francesc Sans Sastre, who specialises in the construction of traditional wind instruments. The wood for the instruments comes from the region and is primarily sourced from holly oak and olive trees.‬

This wooden Xaphoon is now the third Xaphoon generation that has been specially developed for the European market, in succession to the Maui Xaphoon and the Standard Xaphoon.‬ The oak Xaphoons have a warm and clear tone. The wood is light in color and has a light wood grain. Small irregularities on the surface of the instruments are normal for the wood. It is the less expensive version of this Xaphoon. The tone is a little more powerful than that of the olive wood Xaphoon but still very resonant.

Like the other Xaphoons, the instruments can be played over two octaves. The XAPHOON DE CATALUNYA is currently only available in the C version.

• Lowest sound c'
• key of F
• two octaves
• chromatic scale
• a' 440 Hz
• tenor saxophone reed