Standard Series
With our Standard Series Saxophones you have a great advantage! Whether your a starting musician and you just applied to get saxophone lessons, or you have already been studying for a while; you will always get inspired by your deQuelery saxophone! Check de product page via the top menu to get to know more about the Standard Series. Available as Soprano-, Alto- and Tenor saxophone.
Your Standard sax will be delivered in a beautiful, sturdy case. To get you off to a great start we offer a starters package deal with reeds, stand and neck cord.
This is a Dutch product!
P
ro Series
The deQuelery Pro Series is the choice for the professional musician or the more or less experienced musician that has been playing the saxophone for a few years. Or maybe you have simply outgrown your saxophone. These hand crafted instuments from deQuelery distinguish themselves from the masses by their sheer quality in materials and sound. The musical characteristics, together with their unique sound projection and the broad spectrum of possibilities and musical styles, make the Pro Series your number one choice. The various characteristics and finishes of the Pro Series, whether it’s the Honey Gold lacquer or the Satin Silver finish, has it’s own unique sound. Especially in combination with our deQuelery Custom Necks you can create your own unique sound.
C
ustom Series
With a deQuelery Custom Series Saxophone, the sky is the limit. Just like the Pro Series, these instruments are hand hammered out of the best materials. The instrument is built from the ground up with a careful eye for detail. We are not afraid of comparing our instruments with brands like Yanagisawa, Selmer or Yamaha! You don’t have to take our word for it; just look at the video below where Boris van der Lek explains where he compares his deQuelery Custom Tenor with the Selmer Mark IV of the late but legendary Johnny Griffin! The video was recorded at the Dutch Music Event. We believe we have found the unique combination between classic vintage sound and modern playability, brought together in a truly stunning instrument. How do we know? Ask Boris van der Lek, David Liebman and many other happy customers.
Where are we?
Address:
deQuelery Windinstruments
Street: Productweg 9
Postcode: 4387 PG
City: Vlissingen
Country: The Netherlands
Netherlannds?
We often get questions from people about where our instruments come from: “So your saxophones are made in China and you relable them”? Well, no not exactly! There are many instruments out there that are made in China and most of them are of inferior quality. We do not do pass through business. For some parts we have carefully selected suppliers that we have worked with over the past years; specialized machinery is need for body and mechanisms that cost a fortune. Our saxes would be at least four times the price if we were to buy our own. Our order intake volume is simply too low to get a return on investment. Even Selmer has it’s parts manufactured in Korea. Our suppliers, are carefully chosen and are able to deliver exactly what we need according to our design and specifications (hand crafted parts for our Pro- and Custom Series, exact material thickness, tone hole positions, joints, neck design etc.). Other parts we make ourselves (neck, bell, adjustments and soon to be added: our own pads and mouthpieces).
All instruments are designed in CAD and have evolved to the instruments we have at hand. Our suppliers work from these templates. The saxophones arrive in parts to our workshop. They they will be joined with the other parts, to be built into a carefully crafted instruments, checked for intonation and adjusted to our customers liking. Creating a Pro- or Custom Saxophone takes a minimum of 8-12 weeks from the moment of ordering to delivery. Mass-production? No. A hand crafted instrument that we are very proud of, designed and built in The Netherlands according to your wishes? Absolutely!
We will continue to come up with innovations that move the saxophone forward in sound and playability; there’s more to come soon!
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deQuelery vs. Selmer Mark VI – Boris van der Lek
This is one hell of an instrument! A dream come true. And from Dutch origin, too. Kudos!
Probably the best hand made instruments I ever played.