Hi!
I have now been playing for about year and a half and I think it would be a time for an upgrade now from my old (t)rusty Moscow Music. I have three options at the moment:
Yamaha YTS-23, recently fully re-padded and serviced. Comes with Selmer S80 mouthpiece. Asking price is 850€
Yamaha YTS-32, serviced about a year ago. No info about if it has been re-padded but seller says that the pads are fine. No idea what the mouthpiece is. Asking price is 1000€
Keilwerth Peter Ponzel Modell. Basic service has just been done (oiling the mechanism, oiling some pads). My concern is that it is has not been re-padded ever so the pads are original. The seller is the original owner and has had it for abbrox. 25 years. I called the repairman and he said that the sax is very good and the pads should be fine expect for two or three bow and bell pads, he might change them. Asking prices is 1000€.
I'm not able to test-play any of them since they are far away from my hometown. I'm really looking for a sax that would last a lifetime with me, but I really don't want to put anymore money into it since I play the sax just as a hobby. I have no specific genre I play so I just need a good all-around ax.
What do you think, which has the most reasonable price and would suite my needs?
I have now been playing for about year and a half and I think it would be a time for an upgrade now from my old (t)rusty Moscow Music. I have three options at the moment:
Yamaha YTS-23, recently fully re-padded and serviced. Comes with Selmer S80 mouthpiece. Asking price is 850€
Yamaha YTS-32, serviced about a year ago. No info about if it has been re-padded but seller says that the pads are fine. No idea what the mouthpiece is. Asking price is 1000€
Keilwerth Peter Ponzel Modell. Basic service has just been done (oiling the mechanism, oiling some pads). My concern is that it is has not been re-padded ever so the pads are original. The seller is the original owner and has had it for abbrox. 25 years. I called the repairman and he said that the sax is very good and the pads should be fine expect for two or three bow and bell pads, he might change them. Asking prices is 1000€.
I'm not able to test-play any of them since they are far away from my hometown. I'm really looking for a sax that would last a lifetime with me, but I really don't want to put anymore money into it since I play the sax just as a hobby. I have no specific genre I play so I just need a good all-around ax.
What do you think, which has the most reasonable price and would suite my needs?