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Hi all,
Had an interesting experience buying a soprano yesterday, thought somebody might like to have the information.
I have been playing saxophone for about a month, after playing the trumpet for 40 years. I've been playing tenor, but I knew I would be getting a soprano in short order...I've always wanted to play one.
Yesterday I went down to Rayburn's in Boston and tried three sopranos:
-a used Yani 902
-a Selmer series II
-a Yamaha (don't know the model)
Of these three, the Yani was nice, hated the Selmer, and the Yamaha was surprisingly (to me) nice. I also took a friend of mine who's an experienced saxophonist and had him play each horn, to get his opinion, and so I could hear the horns played by someone else.
I went back out and asked about the prices of the Yani and the Yamaha:
-yani 2200 (not bad, horn was immaculate)
-Yamaha 1600 (again not bad)
I happened to look in the case and spotted a saxello (which is something I've always dug) and asked to try that. BINGO! I knew after three notes that this was the horn I wanted. Great sound, played in tune, and seemed to blow freer than the others.
It's a P. Mauriat with a flat silverish finish with black mother of pearl (I think) keys. Price was 1900 and change.
Anyway, I'm sure that there are souls out there who are as confused as I was about which horns to try/buy....I hope this information helps.
bigtiny
Had an interesting experience buying a soprano yesterday, thought somebody might like to have the information.
I have been playing saxophone for about a month, after playing the trumpet for 40 years. I've been playing tenor, but I knew I would be getting a soprano in short order...I've always wanted to play one.
Yesterday I went down to Rayburn's in Boston and tried three sopranos:
-a used Yani 902
-a Selmer series II
-a Yamaha (don't know the model)
Of these three, the Yani was nice, hated the Selmer, and the Yamaha was surprisingly (to me) nice. I also took a friend of mine who's an experienced saxophonist and had him play each horn, to get his opinion, and so I could hear the horns played by someone else.
I went back out and asked about the prices of the Yani and the Yamaha:
-yani 2200 (not bad, horn was immaculate)
-Yamaha 1600 (again not bad)
I happened to look in the case and spotted a saxello (which is something I've always dug) and asked to try that. BINGO! I knew after three notes that this was the horn I wanted. Great sound, played in tune, and seemed to blow freer than the others.
It's a P. Mauriat with a flat silverish finish with black mother of pearl (I think) keys. Price was 1900 and change.
Anyway, I'm sure that there are souls out there who are as confused as I was about which horns to try/buy....I hope this information helps.
bigtiny