Antigua's new Pro One tenor sax is a "feature" loaded horn.

Designed in collaboration with Peter Ponzol (professional player, mouthpiece & instrument designer previously worked with Keilwerth), the Pro One tenor gives many popular features and combines them on one horn.

We especially love the combination of the G# lifting mechanism that ensures that your G# will never stick (found on Keilwerth models)! They also have the connected B-C# roller (like Yanagisawa) and an F-F# bridge.

This horn produces a wonderful rich and dark tone not commonly found in this price range.

Ponzol Neck Design.
The heart and soul of the new Antigua Pro One tenor is the Peter Ponzol neck design. This new neck is free-blowing, has lightning quick response, precise intonation and great tone quality. Antigua Pro One tenor necks are designed and built to meet the strict standards set forth by Peter Ponzol.

Hybrid Rolled Tone Holes.
The Antigua Pro One tenor is revolutionary and unique as it is the first hybrid rolled tone hole saxophone. The Pro One tenor has rolled tone holes for the bell keys and straight drawn tone holes in all other areas to balance response and tone. The rolled tone holes provide a larger contact area for the pads to seal and add needed strength where it matters most. This provides faster, more nimble response from the low notes and a deep rich tone.

Trident Key Arms.
Double key arms add strength to the low B, Bb and C keys. The Pro One tenor design carries this feature 2 steps further with the revolutionary Ponzol Trident adjustable arms. This new design, exclusive to the Antigua Pro One tenor , improves radial rigidity and features 2 adjustment arms to set and balance these critical keys. The difference this new design makes is truly amazing.

Hybrid Bell Diameter.
There is a lot of mystique and marketing speak surrounding the bell diameter of the saxophone. This lead our design team, headed by Peter Ponzol to seek to quantify the role of the saxophone bell, remove the mystique and answer the question "what is the best bell size for saxophones?" Our research led us to the optimum bell diameter and shape to obtain the best balance, response and tone.

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