Xaphoon de Catalunya / Olive - in C
The Xaphoon made of olive wood is certainly the 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.
Olive wood grows slowly. It creates wonderful structures and, when shaped into a Xaphoon, draws out a soft warm and full tone. The instruments are visually very attractive and often have an artistically curved wood grain.
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
