When they put the mouthpiece on upside-down it sort of undermines much of what they say. And the left-hand bell-keys make it look much earlier than a T800. I have doubts about this one.

 

When they put the mouthpiece on upside-down it sort of undermines much of what they say.

Yep

 

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When did they start the double zero serial number rage?

Please can we have a clear photo of the pinky table? Also, the neck octave key?

 

 

I really want to know the history of a T800 and T800 Elimona

 

There are a few potentially-useful posts in this old thread on the subject:

https://www.saxontheweb.net/threads/what-does-elimona-stand-for.189531/

 

Interesting horn ! Yani, back in its early years started out making horn models like this, vaguely reminiscent of a Martin Comm 3. They show up now and again on eBay. So I have seen altos and tenors like this, and they really WERE made by Yani.

I have never seen one referred to as a t800, however.

Although it's interesting it is stamped as that.

I would say you can rest assured it's a real Yani. I would also say that these do NOT have much market value, their very early ones. $1500 in the USA, maybe. Maybe $1700 for someone who is a vintage sax buff, and assuming it plays/speaks absolutely great.

Reason being, these aren't the horns which made Yani famous, these were the ones they were cutting their teeth on before they hit their real success formula. I bet it's a very respectable horn, but it doesn't have the market value of a 'modern' Yani.

 

... vaguely reminiscent of a Martin Comm 3...

From what I read they don't sound like a martin despite the he visual resemblance. No idea how they actually sound though. I think people call them the T-3 model.

 

From ebay, this seller is offering what is referred to as a Yanagisawa 700 tenor with the reversed side bell keys:

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Very cool tenor...with a Conn-style left-hand pinky table and a Martin-style left thumb-rest! But a 700? I don't recall ever hearing of that Yanagisawa model number before.

 

Curious indeed. Lots of cues that this is a T3 era horn. Late 60s.
Ten years too old to be a pukka T800. Despite the stamp. 🤷🏽‍♀️

 

Oh, and I would buy it. But I would not pay much. Very poor market value, unfortunately. Buy it to play.

 

It seems that it's T3 or Martin Committee 3 because it's the same bell keys with A3. And the engraved 800 means it's manufactured in August. (This information was provided by an Yanagisawa artist).

 

From what I read they don't sound like a martin despite the he visual resemblance. No idea how they actually sound though. I think people call them the T-3 model.

Curious indeed. Lots of cues that this is a T3 era horn. Late 60s.
Ten years too old to be a pukka T800. Despite the stamp. 🤷🏽‍♀️

It was confirmed T3 by an Yanagisawa artist. Thanks for your help!

 

The cool thing about Yanagisawa is that the name of the model of saxophone varied according to the market where they (saxophones) were sold.

That one is indeed a T-3 in Japan, but outside Japan may be named in a different way.

This has been discussed multiple times in this section of SOTW.

I doubt this one valueable as a regular T-800 (last mid-70's - early 80's).