[JL Pryce]

Anyone have any experience with the Julius keilwerth ST90? Looking at a 1980 model in very good shape. Seller is asking less than a grand. Thanks in advance. Lp

 

[Steve Stockham]

That's too much (IMHO) for an ST90 unless it's around $600 less than a grand!! There is a big difference betweem the ST90 (Keilwerth's student line) and the EX90 (which is the intermediate line.) The prices being quoted are more in line with an EX90 rather than a ST90 (STudent model.) If you are still interested, check out ebay and check out ST90 asking prices. I think that you will see what I mean about the discrepancy range in prices from the ST models through the EX models and all the way to the SX90R top-of-the-line models!
I understand that this is a soprano and that Keilwerth sopranos don't come around all that often but it's still a student model. At the very least, you should be able to get the price down a bit more!

 

[BPSAX]

IMO, you are better off saving more money, and buying a used Yanagisawa later on...
I don't really understand why people would want to spend ~$800 on a very average instrument, when you could save for a while longer, and get a great instrument further down the line...

Obviously, it's all your choice! Good luck

 

[BPSAX]

I'm not saying that Yanagisawa sopranos are the only ones worth playing, not at all... I don't even play them.
I just meant to say that Yanagisawas are found cheaper online, and are great players!!

 

[JoeySoprano]

BPSAX if you do not play one (a Yani) its strange that you say they are great players
I now play a JK SX90II and a Cannonball Stone Series Brute soprano both great playing horns
I had a JK ST90 (made in Taiwan by the way) and actually it was a very good player also especially for the price (which I paid $700 for essentially new) its just not the prestige of the German made SX90

 

[BPSAX]

I don't think it's strange to say that they are great players, even if I don't play on them... I do believe that they are great players, but for me, the Selmer IIIs are better...

I recommended the Yanagisawas, because they are great AND can be affordable.

Doesn't seem too hard to understand?

 

[Dave Dolson]

They (Yanagisawas) ARE great players. I sold my Serie III when I got the S992. DAVE

 

[BPSAX]

They (Yanagisawas) ARE great players. I completely agree!
They play as well, if not better than the Selmer IIIs, but I prefer the evenness of tone across the Selmer that I do not get on the Yanagisawas!
It's really splitting hairs here.