Tryptykon said:
I emailed Dave a few weeks ago and got no response re: these horns.:?
Part of my question was :
"I'm wondering how your house brand [in red brass] compares to the Yani Bronze in both tone,
design and build quality ?
The Red brass alto and soprano are the models I'm interested in.
Also, is the redbrass soprano available as a one piece design ?
That would be my ultimate preference, if a custom order were available from the manufacturer.."
Never got that e-mail... SPAM filters are set to "high" and unfortunately, some customer ones get caught and never delivered. Sorry!
Compared to the Yani... sorry, no comparison... its a Yanagisawa! The RedBrass models have quite a warm rich tone color to them, similar to the Yanagisawas... but they are not the same level. Thats like wanting a Toyota to perform like a Ferrari. If you can afford the Yanagisawa, then there is no question, get the Yani.
No, our soprano is not available in RedBrass in the 1 piece design. This is for a few reasons. 1, simplicity. I offer 10 models of soprano now. Frankly, I will be scaling that back down to 8 soon (will only offer the model 1 in lacquer).
The other reason is that there is a design difference in the model 1 and 2 other then just the neck. The model 2 is a ribbed body horn. So putting the model 1 in RedBrass would simply bring it to the tonality of a normal model 2 in regular brass. So it would be a duplicate.