Hi guys. I had ordered a new yanasigawa S991 soprano sax and it has just arrived. I took some pictures of it before I open the box and after. The following pictures say it all. I also include pictures with some of my existing gear and accessories (at the end)...
1. The Box has just arrived through UPS
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3. Please notice the tape with the seal of Yanagisawa at the button of the cartoon box. No extra padding from the shop but the original package was more than enough for safe transportation.
4. Time to cut the "handle with care" tape and open the Pandora’s box !!!!
5. One side of the box. Another Yanisagawa Seal....
6. Oooops.....Well the original factory seal (beneath the shop's "handle with care" tape) is broken. This does not assure me that the saxophone has not been used before, probably in trials or display demo. I want to believe that the box has been opened only for quality check, set-up and adjustment purposes......
7. Here are the shop's photo and an envelope with the receipt.
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9. I also ordered some accessories. This is a pad saver for my Yamaha 62II Tenor Sax
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11 All the accessories in the order.
12 The Sax Case. (Notice the Sax.co.uk logo)
13 There is a Sax.co.uk thick plastic logo adhered on frontal side of the box. It is very badly adheared and looks ugly on a Yanisagawa branded box. I expected the Yanisagawa logo instead.
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15 When I first opened the case I noticed that everything was located in plastic bags. The picture says it all !
16 The Sax with all the factory included accessories. I inspected the sax throughout, and it didn’t have any physical defects. It was lubricated, set and adjusted, indeed….
17 The Yanagisawa mouthpiece. Oooops…. I forgot to order a reed so I was not able to play the sax (at that time)
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19 The necks (both straight and curved)
20 Notice the “TOKYO” print on the mouthpiece
1. The Box has just arrived through UPS
2
3. Please notice the tape with the seal of Yanagisawa at the button of the cartoon box. No extra padding from the shop but the original package was more than enough for safe transportation.
4. Time to cut the "handle with care" tape and open the Pandora’s box !!!!
5. One side of the box. Another Yanisagawa Seal....
6. Oooops.....Well the original factory seal (beneath the shop's "handle with care" tape) is broken. This does not assure me that the saxophone has not been used before, probably in trials or display demo. I want to believe that the box has been opened only for quality check, set-up and adjustment purposes......
7. Here are the shop's photo and an envelope with the receipt.
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9. I also ordered some accessories. This is a pad saver for my Yamaha 62II Tenor Sax
10
11 All the accessories in the order.
12 The Sax Case. (Notice the Sax.co.uk logo)
13 There is a Sax.co.uk thick plastic logo adhered on frontal side of the box. It is very badly adheared and looks ugly on a Yanisagawa branded box. I expected the Yanisagawa logo instead.
14
15 When I first opened the case I noticed that everything was located in plastic bags. The picture says it all !
16 The Sax with all the factory included accessories. I inspected the sax throughout, and it didn’t have any physical defects. It was lubricated, set and adjusted, indeed….
17 The Yanagisawa mouthpiece. Oooops…. I forgot to order a reed so I was not able to play the sax (at that time)
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19 The necks (both straight and curved)
20 Notice the “TOKYO” print on the mouthpiece