A list of its players reads like a Jazz Hall of Fame, and it’s still the undisputed king of flatwounds, for many of today’s jazz greats.

A true flatwound (not a “groundwound” or “compressed wound” like some other pretenders) with glassy smooth polished nickel winding on a round core, it has the perfect balance of fundamental to overtones required for traditional jazz.

Some players claim that its mellow, powerful tones actually improve with age.