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I stopped at a pawn shop today between lessons. I am going to a conference in San Antonio tomorrow so I had to do a bunch of lessons in a row between schools I don’t normally do. I ended up taking a road I don’t normally take, so I stopped at a pawn shop I had not seen before
I always look for horns at pawn shops hoping to hit the jackpot some day
Today was that day.
There was a Yamaha 23 alto and Yamaha 23 tenor, both in good condition, both made in japan. I thought it was unusual that the alto seemed to have almost all brand new pads. Well, I have two students who are beginners who need a better alto. The price was $299 and I asked for $250 out the door. I explained that I buy cheap and sell at cost so they were okay with the offer and accepted. I play tested the alto because I had my horn in the car as I was between lessons. I also play tested a Meyer alto mouthpiece inside the case. The mouthpiece played great but didn’t give it too much thought. Of course if it was one of the valuable mouthpieces it wouldn’t just be in the case with the internet nowadays.
I packed the sax up and purchased.
I brought the sax to my very next student to try as they were one of the ones who needed a beginner sax upgrade.
After the lesson, I inspected the mouthpiece more closely and was shocked and surprised when I realized it said “6 Meyer lapped facing M” inside of a diamond and on the other side “New York USA”. I let out an audible “holy $hit” inside of the middle school and went to the internet to confirm.
$250 for a Yamaha 23 with almost all new pads and a Meyer New York (series V, phase B apparently). Today I got my lucky saxophone story.
:-D
I always look for horns at pawn shops hoping to hit the jackpot some day
Today was that day.
There was a Yamaha 23 alto and Yamaha 23 tenor, both in good condition, both made in japan. I thought it was unusual that the alto seemed to have almost all brand new pads. Well, I have two students who are beginners who need a better alto. The price was $299 and I asked for $250 out the door. I explained that I buy cheap and sell at cost so they were okay with the offer and accepted. I play tested the alto because I had my horn in the car as I was between lessons. I also play tested a Meyer alto mouthpiece inside the case. The mouthpiece played great but didn’t give it too much thought. Of course if it was one of the valuable mouthpieces it wouldn’t just be in the case with the internet nowadays.
I packed the sax up and purchased.
I brought the sax to my very next student to try as they were one of the ones who needed a beginner sax upgrade.
After the lesson, I inspected the mouthpiece more closely and was shocked and surprised when I realized it said “6 Meyer lapped facing M” inside of a diamond and on the other side “New York USA”. I let out an audible “holy $hit” inside of the middle school and went to the internet to confirm.
$250 for a Yamaha 23 with almost all new pads and a Meyer New York (series V, phase B apparently). Today I got my lucky saxophone story.
:-D