worldwidesax offers complete rebuilds as well as total restorations for all brands and models of saxophones, including coordinating Silver plating and custom engravings, always making the sax's vintage properties a priority.  We have a variety of  the finest pads available on the market

 On "French Standard" rebuilds, we use the .160" Hermes NS premium standard series sheepskin pads w/plastic dome reso's, natural cork throughout and French amber shellac to install the pads.  My "French Standard" rebuild is patterned after Selmer and Buffet rebuilds, using the best of techniques from both.

I can also adapt the french standard to various vintage setups, like King, Buffet, and Conn, and then i call it a "Vintage Rebuild"   The vintage rebuild is a standard rebuild with a substitution of flat metal resonators, instead of french plastic reso's.  In some cases like Martin rebuilds i use felt in places that other companies used cork, others like King, Buffet and Conn used flat metal resos.  i.e. flat metal reso's were used on many zephyrs and most super 20's.  There is no "up charge" for this.  If not instructed otherwise, i will do it automatically.

   We make it a point to do the very cleanest, finest work possible, with the newest materials available as an option to the player.  We offer some of the best custom work you can find and are always very detail oriented.  

On "Premium Rebuilds" we also use what is considered one of the very best pads made, the .160" Prestini "Hermes" NS premium standard series pads as standard, with other pad  upgrade options, but most importantly, Teflon and Ultrasuede friction reduction, as well as Techcork bumpers and synthcork quieting, throughout the rebuild. 

We also special order several other styles and brands of pads:  you can upgrade the premium rebuild with pads made of Kidskin or Kangaroo skin,  order Buescher metal backed pads, Conn Resopads... you name it, as well as several varieties of resonators on our top of the line jobs, including, Pisoni rivetless domes, flat metal reso's and Selmer metal reso's.  

All Total Rebuilds include the following: We will disassemble the sax, wash it out, or "silver tarnish-remover dip" it and remove the old pads and corks. Remove minor/accessible dents to the body and neck, also remove any reddish oxidation, straighten the keycups and spin and straighten steels/screws and align posts, where needed.  We disassemble the key rollers and clean and lube them.  Dremel wire wheel clean/remove rust/corrosion, polish with ultra fine wet dry paper and then oil the rods and steels/screws with heavy high purity hydrocarbon oil and lube pivot screws with synthetic high purity hydrocarbon grease (or synth oils or Lithium grease, by request).  We re-tension springs or replace them where needed.   Install new pads with your choice of French shellac,  or if you request it, the newest and best/most resilient amber, hi-temp synthetic pad glue on the market.  Install all corks and bumpers (including neck cork) and felts  and then align the posts and reassemble it.  Finally pads are leveled and height set and it is thoroughly play tested, over a three day period. 

we do not  relacquer or buff saxophones. 

You can use the prices below to put together the features you want your sax to have:

Sorry, we prefer not to sell our WWS stock horns in "as is" condition.  If we get it and it's not "near new", we will automatically completely rebuild it, in time.  Also, do to the busy schedule we keep, we don't have time to do P/C work ( that is... pad repairs on your horns, we always squeeze in time to keep WWS horns in great shape for our previous customers)  It's a small 2 man shop and we are always super busy.

Our  Selmer-style rebuild prices start at:

749.00 for lacquered Altos, small C-melodies and Sopranos, 899.00 for silver  

899.00 for lacquered Tenors and larger C-melodies, 1075.00 for silver 

1299.00 for lacquered Bari's,  1600.00 for silver 

Shipping Pricing:  We have found that shipping just keep escalating, so here is a range for boxing up and shipping various saxes, shipped by UPS, though our local shipper Broadway postal services.

Soprano - west coast 27.00-east coast, 44.00

Alto - west coast 47.00-east coast, 64.00

Tenor -  west coast 47.00-east coast (e.g. Schenectady NY), 94.87

Bari price is variable, please ask.  

Shipping a Soprano or Alto to Europe via USPS about 160.00, Shipping bigger horns (that wont work for usps guidlines) via UPS/Fedex/DHL, about $372.57 alto,  $456.89 tenor, 525.00 Bari.

Above rebuilds feature  Prestinis NS (non-stick) series, "Hermes" pads (one of the very best)    These are nice medium firm multipurpose pads, great for players who want to play classical, swing, big band, legit or trad jazz and they are waterproofed and non-stick treated.

We also feature a Vintage Standard rebuild, which is essentially the same as the French Standard, but with vintage style flat metal reso's, with a rivet in the center.  Same price as the Standard.  Flat metal reso's came stock from the factory on Buffets, Kings, Martins and Conns at one time or another in the history of these companies.  it's actually my favorite choice, for any American horn.

If you are looking for a horn that is boosted to the max with hard pads and huge reso's,  for hard Bop, Rock, Rhythm and Blues and electric Blues music, add a  Premium rebuild  for an extra 299.00.     Then add Saxgourmet kangaroo skin pads   these are a 83.00 (alto) or 97.00 (tenor) step-up from Prestini pads (contact me for bari pricing)  and of course  Teflon friction reduction throughout the sax and Ultrasuede, Synthcork and other special synthetic bumper and quieting materials is included in the premium add-on. 

   your choice of reso's (prices on reso's vary; from Selmers or Pisoni's included at no extra charge,  ...for Resotech "around": {125.00 for alto, 135.00 for tenor, 150.00 for baritone}.  We do our best to get you these at cost since they are quite a jump in price addition to the rebuild.) 

     Prestini Tan Kangarooskin pads 75-125.00 per set, contact me.

     For example:  Let's say you want your alto to get the Premium Rebuild with Saxgourmet pads and Selmer reso's on your Alto.   It would be $749.00 (standard rebuild, lacquer) , + $299.00 (premium upgrade) + $83.00 (saxgourmet pad upgrade)  = $1131.00,  for what we feel is the finest custom repad available today.

Another one of my personal favorites is the Reso-Tech solid silver flat or slightly domed reso.  These are an add-on to our rebuilds prices and range from 125.00-150.00. (they are back in business, but please ask for further info)

We have just added this new Resonator to our options:

Here's a pic of the rivetless flat metal reso's.  i really like these, they are very light and won't slow down your key action the way a heavy reso, like a brass Noyak, or some other types will.  They are now available as a 45.00 step-up.  

We are expert at rebuilding Buescher horns.  We offer a couple styles of  "Vintage Buescher Special"  rebuilds.  Keep your vintage Buescher set up the way it was intended to be, also a 299.00 step up from a French Standard rebuild.  We know several custom options for Buescher rebuilds... none involve losing your snap-in domes.  We can snap metal backed pads in, just like the factory did.  We can also shellac the metal backed pads in, for greater reliability.... and finally, we can shellac any custom pad, like saxgourmet pads, into the pad cup and snap the dome back on afterwards. 

We also offer:

  Total spring replacement, with Krause stainless steel springs, the very best made.  With total rebuild, add 210.00.  If sax is assembled, it must be disassembled and reassembled, so then it's 362.00 (over 3 hours labor and springs).   Each spring is cut to size, the end hand flattened to fit the existing hole and tensioned to your specs.

  Dent removal,  Neck resizing, Swedging, deburring, pivot screw post/hinge tube reaming, chemical lacquer removal, soft and hard silver soldering, custom resonators installed, etc. Fabricating  and custom work, is all available at 60.00 per hour.

  Chemical Stripping: Most jobs really depend on the condition of the sax and are small enough to follow a the hourly rate above.  A non-epoxy lacquer will usually cost about $200.00 for alto, $285.00 for tenor, $410 for Baritone. (The epoxy ones are tough and take about 4 applications--add extra time by the hour.)

 Terms you may have heard:  "Overhaul"  This usually means removing every dent, buffing, re-lacquering, spring replacement and repadding.  We do not do overhauls.  We can do a restoration, which is a plating service and combine it with a total repad, re-engraving and whatever work you desire, but  we do not  relacquer or buff saxophones.