Jazzlab SAXHOLDER Saxophone Harness

I recently purchased the saxholder and it's great. I'm very happy with the purchase I'm a big guy 6'4" - 230 -55 years young ; I was concerned about purchasing, as I wasn't sure whether the mouthpiece would come up to my mouth. I had read some of the other reviews and was not sure whether the device would work with my size frame. I play the alto sax. The adjustment allows me to move the sax mouthpiece to just the right position. There's enough leeway in the adjustment to move it higher than I like or lower than I like. It worked right out of the box for me. There's no need to buy the "big man" saxholder. The regular one works fine. I've recently experienced some shoulder and neck pain with the strap - that's why I sought alternate sax support. I've used a neck strap since I've started playing (2-3 years ago ). I've got to say that the saxholder is amazing. It has great design, and appears to be well built. It has taken all the weight off of my neck. The stomach rest is fine. Other reviewers said that it was not comfortable etc. I barely notice it. It doesn't interfere with my breathing at all. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for an alternative to a harness or neck strap. Some popular saxopohone websites reviewed this positively. It's well worth the price. Enjoh.

This thing ROCKS. I'm primarily a tenor player. I have a T991 which is heavy. As I've aged (50's), my neck and back were REALLY starting to wear me out over 3 hour gigs, so on a prayer I tried this. SO SO SO much easier on my frame. The feel of this is weird at first; like the sax is suspended in space in front of you. The sax angle was perfect at the bottom of the reach right outta the box, but if necessary they include more cord so you could lengthen. Speaking of the cord, its very firm in its grab at the slider, so even when I shorten it for alto work it stays in place MUCH better than my last several neck straps. The tummy support looked suspicious to me....I thought it'd aggravate me, but it doesn't. I suppose if you're really really fat the tummy support might not suit you, but I'm a solid 25lbs over weight and this works just fine at the highest (which is where I prefer it; just under the sternum) or lowest (bellybutton) settings. If I was gonna complain, it'd be that some of the mechanism is plastic. I can see myself during an impatient moment snapping sumpin.... That said, the plastic is pretty beefy. More than sturdy enough for the task. The hook is excellent. It has a long stem with a friction plastic nib that prevents all but intentional unhooking. Its coated nicely so its quiet and wont wear the ring on ur sax like metal on metal does. I think it contributes to better tone for me......I know, I know, sounds fishy. But seriously, the sax is so steadily at the "correct" height and angle that I've found it easier to be consistent. My problem was that gradually the slippage would bend me so far forward that if I didn't have time to adjust before a low passage I found myself REALLY working to keep the low notes solid. No more, this strap slips not at all (arguably because I'm at the end of the reach...but just the fact that you could adjust the cord for YOUR end-of-reach on your main axe helps) One of the odd benefits is when I'm putting a reed on with the mouthpiece on the sax & the sax on the strap. The angle is SO much better for seeing the placement of the reed before tightening ur lig. Odd but cool. I can imagine some dyed-in-the-wool players might not be able to exactly replicate their neckstrap angle and so not like it, but I found it to be a Godsend.

After sixty years of playing tenor saxophone professionally, I’ve developed arthritis in my neck. This device moves the pressure completely from my neck, and redistributes it equally to three locations - each shoulder and my abdomen. As I had switched from a neck strap to a harness years ago, I had no difficulty in adapting to this device. The saxophone does feel lighter, and my neck is getting relief. Even though the device is very light weight, it’s engineered to last indefinitely. Just a note on the company’s outstanding customer service: One of the components is a high-grade cord. An additional, longer cord is included in the package if it’s needed. I inadvertently threw the optional cord into the trash along with the packaging. I realized that the included cord was too short for my long torso, and I sent an email to the company in Europe. They explained that an optional cord had been included, but that if I couldn’t find it, they’d send me one at no cost. The jazzlab saxholder may look a bit unorthodox, but I can’t imagine a better solution to relieving the physical stress of a tenor saxophone dangling from my neck.

I play alto sax and bass clarinet, and I heard about this from a local instructor that comes to my school to work with the sax sections. And, I figured, "well, I guess it would feel like a normal neck strap", but not at all. A few of my friends have gotten this, and one let me test it out. And this "harness" is like NOTHING ELSE out on the market. This product is great for any sax or lower-clarinet (alto, bass, contraalto, contrabass, etc.) player, a revolutionary design for ultimate comfort and ease of playing. I highly recommend it, because you can bend the arms of the harness to custom-fit your shape and size. There is only one downside I have found in playing with this, and that is when you go to adjust it, it is difficult to bend the arms because of how stiff the metal is. But once you get it adjusted, you can put this on under your button-up, route the clip through the shirt, and easily play without it looking like you have it, it will completely hide from view. This harness makes your instrument feel less than half the weight it feels with a standard neck strap. I love this harness, and will keep playing on it as long as I can.