Overview
The Venova is a completely new type of wind instrument that offers the expressiveness of a single reed instrument (such as a clarinet or saxophone) whilst using a simple recorder-like fingering system. Easy to maintain and extremely durable, the Venova is compact and light in weight, allowing you to enjoy music anywhere.
Features
To create the Venova, we developed innovative branched pipe technology which offers players a wide variety of ways to bring music into their life. The Venova can be taken anywhere. The pads are durable and can withstand a variety of conditions and the material used for the body of the instrument has been chosen to complement this. The result is an instrument that is fun to play anywhere and in wide variety of styles.
The Venova is an extremely unique instrument that is fun to play and offers a new way for people to bring music into their life. The innovative branched pipe technology marks a real step forward for wind instrument design and being a single reed instrument, it offers a wide range of expressive capabilities. The use of a simple recorder-like fingering system means that the Venova is easy to learn and to play.”
Specs
- Colour: White
- Key: C
- Range: 2 octaves
- Made From: ABS resin
- Weight: 180g (with mouthpiece and cap)
Comes with:
- Mouthpiece (equivalent to Yamaha 4C mouthpiece for soprano saxophones)
- Mouthpiece cap
- Ligature
- Synthetic (resin) reed
- Cleaning swab
- Owner’s manual
- Let’s Play Venova! (Guidebook)
- Case (with strap)
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| Limited Shipping |
Please note that we deliver within the United Kingdom only
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Questions & Answers
Question: Can any Yamaha 4c mouthpiece works with Venova? Such as 4c for alto,tenor etc.
Answer
Thank you for your message.
The Venova is only compatible with Yamaha Soprano Mouthpieces.
Kind regards,
Yamaha Music
Question: Would it be conceivable to use an Alto Saxophone mouthpiece with the Venova instrument?
Answer
Thank you for your message.
The Venova will only fit a Soprano Saxophone Mouthpiece.
Yamaha Music
Question: Hi, what reeds do I buy for the Venova please?
Answer
Hi Cathy, thanks for getting in touch. The Venova includes a synthetic reed which can be cleaned and reused.
You can also use normal soprano saxophone reeds (for instance, from Vandoren and Rico):
Question: Which key is this instrument in?
Answer
The Venova is in C.
