Kessler Custom Handmade Series Tenor Sax – Gold Lacquer

 Kessler Custom Handmade Series Tenor Sax
Professional Tenor | Premium Performance | Rich Tonal Core

Handmade Series Tenor Sax Features
The Kessler Custom Handmade Series tenor sax is just as the name implies, a completely handmade professional tenor sax. Built by a only 4 skilled artisan technicians, countless more hours are spent on each saxophone ensuring the best build quality with the lowest amount of stress in the construction. The techniques employed on the Handmade models’ construction produce an instrument that has better vibration, response and tonal performance. When combined with our direct sale approach, this gives the customer a saxophone that offers performance without compromise!

Handmade Series Improvements
Our Handmade models are also equipped with 4 other distinct improvements not found on the other models in our Kessler Custom line.
– Upgraded Body Alloy
– Pisoni Pro Pads
– Highest Quality Blue Needle Springs
– Handmade Professional Mouthpiece
We wanted our Handmade to be completely set apart from anything else on the market. So we went all out on it. The Pisoni Pro pads are the best leather pad available on the market today and are the same pads you will find on the Selmer Paris horns new. We further improve the feel of our Handmade models by using the highest quality blued needle spring for excellent key action. Lastly, we include on of our Kessler Custom handmade professional saxophone mouthpieces with each horn in the Handmade Series.

Additional Information

• Pisoni Pro Pads
• Made from 'Red Brass'
• Available Finishes
• Specifications

Pisoni Pro Pads
Kessler Custom Handmade Series Tenor Saxophones utilize the Pisoni Pro pads. These pads are the best leather pad available on the market today and are the same pads you will find on the Selmer Paris horns new. These pads are a firmer pad than typically found on most saxophones. In order to use these pads, a saxophone has to be manufactured to a much higher level of build with more precise toneholes. Once installed, these pads offer 2 major benefits:

Stability
When combined with the better tonehole manufacturing necessary to use the Pisoni Pro pad, these pads are more stable and less likely to develop little leaks. They also provide a much firmer feel to the mechanism of the sax.

Tone Projection
Pads are made from leather and felt which serve as an acoustic dampener which is why saxophone pads use resonator discs. However, even with a resonator, your air column still comes in to contact with the leather and felt of the pad. With the firmer Pisoni Pro pad, you will have less acoustical dampening from the pad which yields better projection, response and power.

Red-Brass Alloy
Typically, saxophones are made out of the alloy called “cartridge brass” (also known as “yellow brass”). While the exact formulation of brass can vary from vendors and suppliers, the typical formula is a brass that consists of 70% copper and 30% zinc. Our Handmade Series are made from “Red Brass” which consists of 85% copper and 15% zinc.

The extra 15% copper adds a little more mass to the alloy helping to produce a darker core tone. When combined with our professional bore and enhanced resonance from the Handmade construction, this alloy produces a wonderfully complex tone while maintaining excellent response and projection.

Does the finish impact the sound? Depends on who you ask… Dave Kessler chimed in on this topic on his personal blog… go give it a read and see his thoughts on the topic.

The Kessler Custom Handmade Series Tenor Sax is available in the following finishes:

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Kessler Custom Handmade Series Tenor Sax – Gold Lacquer

$2,499.00

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$56.85 / month

UMWSB, 60 Mo @ 12.99% APR

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Kessler Custom Handmade Tenor Sax – Dark Lacquer

$2,649.00

Financing starting @

$60.26 / month

UMWSB, 60 Mo @ 12.99% APR

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Kessler Custom ‘Handmade NS’ Tenor Sax – Solid Nickel Silver Tenor

$2,949.00

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$67.08 / month

UMWSB, 60 Mo @ 12.99% APR

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Kessler 20 Tenor Sax – Handmade Series

$3,179.00 Original price was: $3,179.00.$2,999.99Current price is: $2,999.99.

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$68.24 / month

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Bore	Professional French Style Bore
Body Material	Red Brass (85% copper)
Body Construction	Completely Handmade – Fully Ribbed Body Construction
Pads	High Quality Leather with Metal Domed Resonators
Range	Low Bb to High F#
Finish	Gold Lacquer
Finger Touches	Mother of Pearl
Mouthpiece	Kessler Custom ‘Modern Classical’ Hard Rubber (upgrades available)
Ligature	Rico H-Ligature in Gold Plate
Case	Standard Series Case

Stock Case
In order to keep costs down and absorb some of the impacts of tariffs, starting in 2026, the stock case on the Handmade Series will be the same case as the Standard/Deluxe Series. This stock case offers solid protection and convenient portability.

Case Upgrades
If you want a better case, we offer a carefully selected array of case options. The BAM France cases are the top recommendation that we give and you can upgrade for a discounted rate. Models available are shown below:

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BAM Cases - 'Conservatoire' Case

BAM Conservatoire Case
The new affordable standard from the most trusted case manufacturer, BAM. The Conseravtoire case provides excellent protection, portability and style at an affordable price.

BAM Cases - 'SoftPack' Case

BAM SoftPack Case
Read more about this case on its product page by clicking here.

BAM Cases - 'Trekking' Case

BAM Trekking Case
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BAM Cases - 'Cabine' Case

BAM Cabine Case
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Multiple Financing Options Available!

We have a myriad of different financing options available for your new instrument! From affordable monthly payments over a longer period of time to other options that can include 0% Interest or Deferred Interest options, we can help find a way to make the instrument of your dreams become the instrument of your reality! Give us a call!

United Midwest Savings Bank

UMWSB offers flexible, long term financing with term lengths of up to 60 months at an affordable 12.99% APR. Better yet, their financing has No Pre-Payment Penalty so you can pay off your balance at anytime and only pay for the interest for the length of time you had the loan! Minimum of $850 required for UMWSB Financing
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Synchrony

Synchrony Financial is one of the national leaders in consumer financing. With deferred interest options (Interest if waived if paid off in promotional term) and sometimes, they offer manufacturer partnered promotions to offer you an even better term length. Minimum of $299 required for Synchrony Financing
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