Key Leaves

15/02/2026

Testing the BARINANA™ bari saxophone cleaner fabric.

11/02/2026

With heavy hearts the Key Leaves family mourns the passing of Tom Wanne. On paper Tom was our Business Development Officer - an industry vet with successes including co-founding Theo Wanne mouthpiece company, work for Fiberreed, Forestone, and Nadir Saxwind, and Tom’s own distribution company, The Wedge. 

In person Tom Wanne was so much more.

Tom joined the Key Leaves team a month after we first launched in 2018. He brought extraordinary business savvy and industry connections, and helped me craft a wholesale strategy, build up the dealer network, refine the marketing plan, and pace out the product development schedule.

I created Key Leaves and crafted our products, but Tom Wanne shaped our business more than any other person.

If it were not for Tom Wanne helping Key Leaves grow during our early startup phase, this company would be less vibrant and profitable. His help made Key Leaves more than my garage-based passion project. 

I leaped into the adventure of product design and manufacturing with limited industry experience and no experience running a music products company. Tom filled gaps in talent and knowledge and became my most trusted mentor.

Tom was well connected in the music industry yet working with him never felt transactional or flashy. His kind light-hearted personality and soft-spoken nature made every meeting feel easy, like a first meeting of mutual friends who had so much in common we surely should all work together.

As any small business owner knows, there are days, weeks and sometimes months that feel never-ending, excruciating, just far too much to bear - especially during a pandemic and Trump trade war. I felt that heavy weight on my shoulders but Tom was there to help lift and cheer us all on in the struggle. He was quick to comfort with a joke or a wise anecdote about the industry, or simply share his zen acceptance of things beyond our control. Tom was sincere. His friendly care and wisdom was priceless! -----

Read the full tribute and learn what that silly hulk glove is about at:

https://keyleaves.com/blogs/news/tom-wanne-tribute

11/02/2026

With heavy hearts the Key Leaves family mourns the passing of Tom Wanne.

With heavy hearts the Key Leaves family mourns the passing of Tom Wanne. On paper Tom was our Business Development Officer - an industry vet with successes including co-founding Theo Wanne mouthpiece company, work for Fiberreed, Forestone, and Nadir Saxwind, and Tom’s own distribution company, The...

05/11/2025

Our biggest sale of the year - Sax Day Sale - is open now and ends Friday at 8 pm Pacific Time. https://KeyLeaves.com
Here's a little video of our founder, Rulon Brown, doing some mpc tones with Adolphe Sax in Belgium.

14/09/2025

Honorwd to see our green Saxophone key props make a cameo on Chase Griffin sax in this video!

10/09/2025

Muchisima Gracias, José David Solano G!

Los músicos, constantemente sufrimos lesiones por las largas horas de estudio o ensayos. En muchas ocasiones, el pulgar de la mano derecha, empieza a sufrir ...

08/08/2025

We went to in Paris today and visited with saxophonist and mouthpiece customizer, Kim Hunter. She shared some of the latest innovations and acoustic designs they are working on and it was inspiring to see how SYOS gives customization options tailored to player needs. Thanks, Kim and Thanks SYOS!
with saxophonist

04/08/2025

In Brugge, Belgium today visiting Karel Goetghebeur at Adolphe Sax & Cie to learn more about his Dinant II model sax, his Sax4Pax saxes, and his many other creative efforts to preserve and expand on the legacy of Adolphe Sax. Thanks for a great visit, Karel!

04/08/2025

Rulon and his sax playing daughter got some quality time with Mr. Adolphe Sax in Dinant, Belgium. The museum and the town are a great way to learn more about Sax's genius. Plus, the citadel atop the cliff and the surrounding chalets and river are gorgeous! Special thanks to
for their great work sharing sax history and sparking love of the saxophone!
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🎷🤓 Sax geek stuff: Rulon is playing a
Excalibur 6M with a VENN 2.5 and VersaX lig.
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03/08/2025

🎷🤯🎷 SLIDING OCTAVE SELMER ALTO from 1926 found at Le 47 Music Shop in Brussels, Belgium! We ♥️ visiting our dealers and hope you get a chance to check out Maxxime's great sax shop!

24/07/2025

Our Founder, Rulon Brown, visited with Bläserforum Founder, Christian Kessler at his excellent shop in Köln, Germany. Amazing selection of new and used professional instruments and gear including Key Leaves items. Danke, Christian!