Your Personal Tour of Cannonball Musical Instruments! 

6:16 the lick

Ryan Lillywhite has the best job. He gets to make sure these beautiful horns go out ready to play and he gets to wear shorts and flip flops at work. He must have played more saxophones than pretty much anyone other than the guys at the older manufacturers.

Wow.....very shine, short and tidy factory !!!. Hope i can get a cannonbal tenor someday !

Near the end of the video, Tevis said these magic words. They are not just selling instruments, but are actually in the business of "changing lives." That's what music does. That's what happened with me. I grew up in a tiny town in eastern Montana. Despite its small size and remote location, we were blessed with an extraordinary band program. I wanted to play a saxophone, but our family could not afford such an expensive instrument. I was offered the chance to start with a cheap plastic clarinet, with the promise that if I showed a genuine interest I could eventually transition to a sax. While I did work my way up to first chair clarinet, I never did get a chance to play a saxophone, and after graduation, my life moved on. Fifty years later, I was walking down a street in Mesa, AZ, and noticed a wonderful music store. We walked in to look around, and they had an entire wall of beautiful saxophones, including a Cannonball straight soprano sax with a deep ruby color and gorgeous engraving (by Julee). I was intrigued, and over the next week it eventually occurred to me that I could finally afford that saxophone I had always wanted to play. By the time we made it back to Milano Music, though, that unique saxophone had already been sold. Their excellent staff assured me they could order another one, but it would take awhile. I was so impatient to start, I bought a Cannonball Raven curved soprano off their wall while I was waiting for it to arrive. Several months later, I also took home a Cannonball Black Ruby tenor, with exotic Dragon's Pearl engraving (by Joshua). You can see pictures of it on the Cannonball web site. A year later, I decided to order a custom alto sax, built to my exact specifications; the instrument of my childhood dreams. With a lot of help from Milano Music, and several email exchanges with Cannonball staff (special thanks to Meg and Leesa), we got it ordered. It is polished Black Nickel, with Green Bog semiprecious stones - a combination I would have never considered, without encouragement from Meg. The engraving is the Flowing Locks pattern (carved by Kris), because it looks so much like my wife, but modified to remove the horns (hehe). I was actually able to pick it up directly at the Cannonball factory (thanks again, Leesa), and the result is spectacular! The bottom line is, Tevis is so correct. Their business is actually about changing lives. (Maybe there is one more change coming. When I picked up my custom alto, Leesa pointed out the obvious. "Gee, Wayne, all you are missing now is a Bari sax!" Maybe, a big Brute Bari with Hummingbird engraving would be fun.)

I’m drooling just looking at that factory. It would be really cool if you could custom your own horn.

he played the L I C K

Gotta love Rachel - so cool! A really well put together video, well done! Also really pleased that this business exists for the U.S. and that it seems to be progressing well in all its endeavours. Seems like a really good ethos and business plan. Well done Cannonball!!

Thanks, that was really cool. I have a Vintage Reborn alto and Rachel was the one who engraved it, so it was cool to see her working. I love my sax!

This is probably my favorite video on RU-vid. I was looking over my own 20th anniversary raven tenor while watching this!

I want one of those practice bells

Great tour of Cannonball Brian, keep up the great work and make your music.

"...here in Salt Lake City...see how they make the saxophones..." great they are still making saxes in the USA

Thanks for this video Brian. Great factory and brand of saxes....

This is great! To see like the behind the scenes of how my awesome saxophone got to me. One of the things I love about Cannonball is that they’re all created in Salt Lake City, in my home-state of Utah, and all of the saxophones say Salt Lake City on them (or at least mine did)

I find it hard to believe that they acoustically design every single instrument there

wow that is incredible!!!

Awesome! I play a cannonball alto right now and I love the tone I get from it!

That was awesome!

Saludos a Massiel desde Guatemala!

Very cool tour!!

Wow! Great playing!

Nice! Love the vintage reborn sound. Not a fan of the Gerry Albright saxes myself but I can certainly see the appeal.

Woow I think that would be like going to Disneyland!❤

"The Lick" @6:14!!!!

So very interesting !! 💕💕

Wow that's a nice facility!

cool!

Wow awesome

Aww that's so cool!!!

This is really cool! I've always wanted to see how saxophones are made

Brian, awesome video. Great job.

Did you use the same mic outside at the beginning and inside? The sound of the sax was so clear and high quality. Great video! Try to get a tour at Eastman, Selmer, Inderbider, Yanagisawa..etc.

Bro that's awesome! I just recently got a saxophone today and I hope I can be as good as you. I have a good tone and I can actually play it (just gotta learn notes and stuff) Btw I've never played any woodwind so I'm suprised that I can actually play... If anyone can leave tips I will appreciate it so much!

Brian should be the play tester!

This video was great!

I really want a alto saxophone big bell signature gerald albright but I have no financial conditions to buy! Maybe one day! Greetings from Brazil!

That so awesome Brian, i hope your enjoy your time over there?

So would you recommend getting a curved saprano or a straight saprano...and should I get a saxophone that's now for beginners.. I have a sax that I have had since 6th grade and I'm a sophomore. So should get a more professional saxophone?

Can you do a cover of bohemian rapsity

uproad thank you!! i'm japanese "tennor raven"usere.(^_^) i love cannonball.!!!!

thats awesome

Very nice.

6:15 shout out for the licc

Can you buy saxes directly from them at the headquarters in Salt Lake City?

Dam too bad he made you leave when he fine tuned the tenor! I am willing to bet he camfered all sharp edges inside the tenon!......

Made in Taiwan sold through Utah?

Hi friend, good video! What mouthpiece is the saxophonist using? Thank you very much.

I own a stone series cannonball tenor

Nice

Massiel Gregory is from watermelon

"I don't know how much film you have. " lol

So you're saying if I have a key leak I can slap it with a hammer to fix it?

Could you special order a big bell stone series soprano with a fixed neck?

Where is a place I can buy a cannonball saxophone in utah

HOW MUCH IS A CANNONBALL HORN?

First and first like :D

second like,yay

No one makes horns in the USA anymore huh? What a letdown. I mean, at least they set every one up. 🤷‍♂️

Hey you should do a giveaway! It would really help you get more subscribers and Likes!

But this isn't where they're made, that's China right? 😆