Benedikt Eppelsheim

Eppelsheim's father was a musicologist specializing in woodwind instruments. After graduating high school and doing community service, he learned brass instrument making from Ganter (Munich) and Wenzel Meinl (Geretsried). After two years at Münchner Blech GmbH, he wanted to turn his back on music and study architecture (his other childhood dream), but his limited talent in it and still burning interest in wind instruments pushed him back to the workbench.

At Münchner Blech GmbH he was able to work on bass and contrabass saxophones, as well as sarrusophones. In Franz Traut's workshop (Munich) he spent years experimenting with S-bows and repairing saxophones. During this time he built two experimental instruments that, although not interesting in themselves, were indispensable steps on the way to his own marketable developments.