[nottheedge]

Anybody played one of these, or know of one anywhere? It's one of the earlier models as I'm sure you know, and perhaps a bit darker than the S900.

Thanks!

 

[Mikeysaxcat]

Yeah, great horn and the intonation is very good. I played one in a few recitals during my third year in college. It was my professor's horn for students to play on and double in the sax quartet and jazz ensemble. I would buy it if he sold it to me because that horn is very, very well made and sounds beautiful and has great intonation. I have a pre-jubilee Borgani black nickel and gold soprano it's a one piece and it plays just as great. That soprano was always my reference as what a soprano should be able to do for me. I've seen a few on Ebay but, won't buy anything without trying because sometimes horns are just tricky that way. But, Yanagisawa sopranos are really top notch.

 

[whaler]

Aren't they like this;
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Yan...462?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a135bcbb6

You see these pop up a lot and seem to go in the $1000 range.

 

[Dave Dolson]

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but a "Prima" MAY be a later model than the one linked by Whaler. The one in the linked eBay auction is the older S-6 Yanagisawa (which were also stenciled as Vito, Dorado 600, etc.). The S-6 was styled after Selmer's sopranos up to MKVI.

The later models had the modern pinky tables, forked palm keys, and over-hanging bell pads like the Yamahas and Selmer Super Action models, and were known as "Elimona". They remained basically the same from then up to the S99X series. DAVE

 

[ManEast]

The Sop in ebay is an S6 ... NOT an 880. The 880 had two necks.

 

[nottheedge]

Indeed. If someone can tell me if Prima was a stencil of the S800 or s6 that would be great. If it is an overlooked model of its own, as a few websites intimate, then I need to know that too.

 

[SiB0717]

The Prima I have is an 800. I've been told, that it was the equivalent to the elimona, but only for the japanese market.

 

[Dave Dolson]

SiB0717: Is your horn a Yanagisawa-marked brand or a stencil marked "Prima" or "800", or both? Does it have dual necks? Does it have the modern left-pinky table, the forked or in-line palm keys? A good physical description I think would aid this question/answer thread.

As far as one playing more darkly than another, that may be a function of the mouthpiece and player. For sure, one horn can be darker than another and they both could be the same model. Lots of variance even among horns of the same model. DAVE