Candy Dulfer

"Finally, a newly built sax that plays like the future and sounds like the past in a very soulful way."
 

Candy is loyal Free Wind saxophone player. She first tried the prototype in November of 2010, and was so enthusiastic that she played it immediately on stage. Afterward she became involved in the development and design of the horn.

Paul vd Feen

"The Free Wind Alto Sax is definitely the only horn which can keep my 90,xxx series Selmer Mark VI at home and in the case. . . a ridiculously good axe!"
 

Paul was asked to give the prototype Free Wind Saxophone a trial run in the Metropole Orchestra. He was so enthusiastic that he immediately ordered one, which Friso built for him and on which he has been playing since that time with great satisfaction.

Chris Potter

"The first thing that hit me about the new Amsterdam Winds alto is how well it resonates. It really sings! It's got a big warm sound and plays very well in tune also."
 

When Chris heard that Friso was designing his own alto saxophone, he offered his advice, and came by the shop to check up on its development. His input can be seen in some of the later phases of the prototype design.

Miguel Zenon

"It's a great instrument!"
 

Miguel came by the shop to try out the alto, and was so taken with the horn that he asked if he could use it for his concert that evening with Jeff Ballard and Lionel Loueke at the Bimhuis. The Free Wind Alto was played exclusively during his highly acclaimed performance that night.
 
Listen to a recording of the concert on the english radiostation VPROJazzLive.

Jaleel Shaw

"The Amsterdam Free Wind alto is a great instrument that has the feel and depth of an old horn and the intonation and balance of a new horn."
 
 

Benjamin Herman

"It has a really open sound, which I dig!"
 

The first time Benjamin tried the protoype Free Wind Saxophone happened to be during the shooting of the television show "Vrouw Zoekt Kunst." He was so enthusiastic that shortly afterwards he used it on his next gig; he also used it in his frontpage cover shot for the Volkskrant Magazine.