Hi everyone,
Long time lurker here, who have finally managed to come up with a topic of my own.
I have found a Yanagisawa S990 soprano which I may be able to buy for a decent price (I think). However, a usually well-informed acquaintance of mine says that these are known to have intonation problems. Is there any truth in this? I´m aware that Yanagisawa changed the tone hole placements between the 990 and 990u tenor and alto models, but was there ever a S990u and were there any significant differences from the non-u version? I own an A990 and have owned a T990, but have never experienced any intonation problems with them (quite the contrary, actually) but I suppose a soprano would be more sensitive in that respect?
So I would be grateful for any input from you S990 owners out there. I am also curious to know about any differences between the S990 and both earlier and later Yanagisawa sopranos (apart from the detachable neck and high G, of course).
Best regards
Saxray
Long time lurker here, who have finally managed to come up with a topic of my own.
I have found a Yanagisawa S990 soprano which I may be able to buy for a decent price (I think). However, a usually well-informed acquaintance of mine says that these are known to have intonation problems. Is there any truth in this? I´m aware that Yanagisawa changed the tone hole placements between the 990 and 990u tenor and alto models, but was there ever a S990u and were there any significant differences from the non-u version? I own an A990 and have owned a T990, but have never experienced any intonation problems with them (quite the contrary, actually) but I suppose a soprano would be more sensitive in that respect?
So I would be grateful for any input from you S990 owners out there. I am also curious to know about any differences between the S990 and both earlier and later Yanagisawa sopranos (apart from the detachable neck and high G, of course).
Best regards
Saxray