Stephan Bosken Tenor Necks

The perfect sax, the ultimate mouthpiece, the right reed? The search for the "sound" is familiar to us all. Intonation, flexibility, stability and responsiveness, these acoustic characteristic can often be influenced by the design of a saxophone neck. All S.Bosken necks are made from sheet metal and are soldered by hand. All necks need to be fitted according to the brand of your horn.

  

S.Bosken Series 4 tenor neck

Options:

  • Thin wall for a broader sound, bright yet warm, noticeable centre with a lot of colour.

  • Thick wall for a more centred sound, dark & crisp, opens up in big rooms, better projection.

  • Standard materials: brass, vintage brass (pictured), nickel silver & copper.

  • Standard finishes: brushed clear lacquer (pictured), polished clear lacquer or matt brushed no lacquer.

  • Solid silver, silver-plated, nickel-plated & gold-plated options (prices on request)

Series 4 for greater responsiveness and ease of playing

  • Free blowing, opens up top register

  • Responsive overtones

  •  Even sound throughout all registers

  • Easy and quick response

Series 5 for maximum control in the top register

  • Extra resonance

  • Requires more air

  • Doesn't close when played with a lot of power

Series 6 for colour, flexibility & stability

  • Balanced resistance

  •  Requires less air

  •  Free blowing

  •  Powerful low register

  •  Resonant full overtones

  • Very good response and stability in pianissimo

S.Bosken Series 6 tenor neck

S.Bosken necks are the choice of Courtney Pine, Andy Sheppard and many other great players.
If your required specification is not listed then please contact us.

We keep a basic selection in stock but most necks are 4-6 weeks delivery as they are individually made for the customer.

Stephan Bosken Type 6 neck (tested on P.Mauriat PMXT-66R)

“It took a while to isolate exactly what was going on here. Altissimo notes kicked in cleaner and more precisely while there’s also more fatness and a touch more edge lower down. The tone and volume differences between high and low register playing also seemed to be reduced significantly.

The really remarkable test was the old ‘how many notes can you hit cleanly while fingering low Bb’ exercise- with the Bosken crook on, the horn’s overtones sprang into life like I’ve never experienced before. Clean, precise, effortless harmonics simply fell out of the sax- I’ve never found myself playing melodies simply using overtones, but within minutes, hey presto!” jules@sax.co.uk 
 

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