Uprise Series Professional Bb Straight Soprano Saxophone is a professional soprano saxophone in the key of Bb, built on the Gen 2 Uprise platform with a Mark VI body style, brass neck and rolled tone holes.

The Mark VI platform on a straight soprano, for players who want the warmth rather than the edge.

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The Uprise Series is a Gen 2 platform built on a Mark VI body style with a brass neck, rolled tone holes and double braces. Rolled tone holes give a wider, smoother seat for the pad, which is the traditional approach and the reason a lot of players prefer this platform.

Every Uprise horn carries full body and bell engraving, Pisoni WS105 pads on convex nickel plated resonators, blue steel springs, high grade pearls, a custom support ring, a rod support bullet, a low C sharp keyguard, a G sharp and low C sharp non-stick mechanism, and adjustable left and right hand keys with a palm key rising mechanism on D, E flat, E and F.

Which Platform Suits Soprano Better?

It depends on what you are fighting. The Origin platform is more focused and more predictable, which helps a player who struggles with the top register. The Uprise platform is broader and warmer, which suits a player who already controls the horn and finds a focused soprano too edgy in a small room.

What Is the Difference Between the Origin and Uprise Series?

They are different platforms, not different tiers. The Origin Series is Gen 3 on a Super 80 S2 body with a copper nickel neck and vertically extruded tone holes. The Uprise Series is Gen 2 on a Mark VI body style with a brass neck, rolled tone holes, double braces and a low C sharp keyguard.

Vertically extruded tone holes and a copper nickel neck give the Origin a more focused, quicker response. Rolled tone holes and a brass neck give the Uprise a broader, more traditional voice. Neither is the better horn. They are answers to different questions.

What Are Pisoni WS105 Pads?

A professional pad built from waterproof tan leather over deluxe woven felt with a convex nickel plated resonator. They seal reliably, hold their seat far longer than a generic pad, and give a cleaner response at low dynamics, which is where a marginal pad shows up first.

What Comes in the Box?

Saxophone, professional mouthpiece with cap and ligature, neck strap, cleaning cloth and cork grease, in a hard case.