Uprise Series Professional Bb Curved 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.

Curved body, rolled tone holes, and a bell you can actually hear yourself through.

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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.

Why Choose a Curved Soprano?

The bell faces forward instead of down, so the sound returns to the player and pitch becomes something you can hear and correct in real time. That is the hardest part of soprano playing and the curved body removes most of it. The instrument also balances more like an alto.

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.