[trice]

The Yani T880 tenor I owned until recently was a very nice horn. One thing I noticed about it was the angle of the bell. It pointed out to the left quite a bit. Like older horns often do. Most modern horns seem to have more a forward-pointing bell.

I have 2 questions for you Yanaphiles.

1. Is my last sentence true?
2. Do other newer Yanis have forward-pointing bells? Their current models, say.

Just curious...

 

[Kermit]

My curved soprano Yani 9937 points slightly to the player's right, as does my tenor YTS 62II. Same with my P Mauriat "custom class" alto.

 

[Pitagoras]

My YTS-62 points slightly to the right also. My YTS-61 doesn't.

 

[whaler]

Mine hangs slightly to the left and my T5 bell seems to be designed after the SBA angle. They seem to design these horns for a player sitting down unlike a Mark VI.

 

[trice]

The "SBA angle" would be... pointing to the player's left?

 

[whaler]

I would describe the SBA angle as off to the player's right. They also put the neck strap ring in a position for a player sitting down like the SBA.

 

[shmuelyosef]

Just compared a T880 and a T992 here in my studio. The T880 points almost straight ahead and the T992 points off to the right. The rotation difference is pronounced (at least five degrees) between the two.

Note in the descriptions, however, that different people place the necks in different spots, so one man's straight ahead could be another's 'hang left'. My comparison at least tells you the difference between them...the T880 is 'left of center'...