I play a 947 Artist series and love it. It is the best soprano I've played. I had a Mk VI soprano for 6 months and borrowed a Yamaha 62 for 3 months (which I did like a lot compared to the Mk VI). However, the the Jupiter 947 is a great soprano IMHO. I never feel the Jupiter is holding me back in any way. Merlin, is on SOTW and is a jupiter artist. You should send him a PM about the Jupiter artist sopranos. The Jupiters sound great, the ergos are wonderful, intonation is very good and I've had no issues with mine in two years.