Selmer by YANAGISAWA Alto Sax Saxophone

[dasher]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2544454634&category=16 232

What do you make of this?

[Gandalfe]

One definately can't tell from the single pic. Sounds like word-smithing to me with precious little facts. Note the provider doesn't even have a rating. Buyer beware!

[Morry]

It's closely related to the Yamaha Top Hat & Naked Lady.

[singlereed]

I thought the selmer London Super Penns were made in the USA - I have never heard of a connection with either Selmer Paris or Yanagisawa.

[Mike Ruhl]

This may well be legit. Don Mackrills' website lists a Selmer Super Penn soprano as having been "Made by Yanagisawa like a Mk6 Imported by Selmer London in the early 70's".

http://www.donmack.com/Detail.asp?ProductID=1238

I will email Mackrills to see what more he may know about these.

[singlereed]

Good luck with the email. Mackrill's have the same approach to customer service as Basil Fawlty :?

I agree though, they would be the people to ask, they have been in the business for decades and the Super Penn was a UK marketed product 30+ years ago.

[Mike Ruhl]

I made the email sound like I was interested in the Super Penn soprano they have listed on their website. Hopefully they'll bite...

[singlereed]

Oh yes, that's the way you'd have to do it! Trouble is, most of what they list, they don't actually have, I think they update the site annually or thereabouts.

[Mike Ruhl]

That occurred to me, especially since there is no picture of the soprano on the website. We shall see... :wink:

[Exiled92]

Hi, all. Is it my imagination, or are the bell keys on that horn up for auction on the wrong side? That is, the wrong side for a curved sop made by Yanagisawa? Something doesn't seem right here....

[Exiled92]

AAAAAHHH!!! Sorry for wasting time and bandwidth. It's an ALTO, so the bell keys tell no tale. Soprano on the brain, or something.