Hello folks,
okay, I have ventured into an area of this forum I have to admit I have never checked out--the Jupiter discussion. I will state up front I historically have never given the Jupiters a second thought, I have worked in music retail on and off for the last 8 years or so and occasionally rented out the student Jupiters, but always really wrote them off as a serious horn. I have been playing a Demdici flute for about 2 years, and that has been a good horn for me, so I encourage people to check those out. Also have heard good things about the baritone and double horns from Jupiter. But a serious alto, not really. So I have been looking for a good horn as a back up to my Mark VI for teaching and rock gigs, and gave the 900 series a try over the last few days. I didn't expect a whole lot, and played one next to a YAS-62, Kelilwerth EX-90 and a couple others. I was really surprised--I think the 969L is a great horn. I gave the silver 25 yr special horn a try also, and that was really nice but a little on the bright side for me. Anyhow, I have one on trial to play a bit to see if my first impression holds up, but so far its been cool. I feel like I could play anything I would play on my Selmer on this horn without any problems. Its really resonant in a way the Yamaha just wasn't. Maybe I am being influenced by the price, but certainly its a great buy for the money. Another horn I am considering is the Yanagisawa 901, but at almost double the cost of this I don't know if its really worth it...
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okay, I have ventured into an area of this forum I have to admit I have never checked out--the Jupiter discussion. I will state up front I historically have never given the Jupiters a second thought, I have worked in music retail on and off for the last 8 years or so and occasionally rented out the student Jupiters, but always really wrote them off as a serious horn. I have been playing a Demdici flute for about 2 years, and that has been a good horn for me, so I encourage people to check those out. Also have heard good things about the baritone and double horns from Jupiter. But a serious alto, not really. So I have been looking for a good horn as a back up to my Mark VI for teaching and rock gigs, and gave the 900 series a try over the last few days. I didn't expect a whole lot, and played one next to a YAS-62, Kelilwerth EX-90 and a couple others. I was really surprised--I think the 969L is a great horn. I gave the silver 25 yr special horn a try also, and that was really nice but a little on the bright side for me. Anyhow, I have one on trial to play a bit to see if my first impression holds up, but so far its been cool. I feel like I could play anything I would play on my Selmer on this horn without any problems. Its really resonant in a way the Yamaha just wasn't. Maybe I am being influenced by the price, but certainly its a great buy for the money. Another horn I am considering is the Yanagisawa 901, but at almost double the cost of this I don't know if its really worth it...
ving