[mlscnr]

Anyone ever seen or heard of a Yanakan mouthpiece? I just picked up one on ebay, out of curiosity. I'm not expecting it to be much - I already have several very nice alto mpcs. I just like to see and learn about these obscure things.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230186376152

 

[mlscnr]

I've been playing this for the past week or so, and I like it. Kinda closed tip, but the facing is well done. Very good response and intonation on my Kessler Custom alto.

Still interested if anyone knows any company history.

 

[parkerknoll]

A reply after ten years! I believe this was the mpc brand for Yanagisawa before they started branding them Yanagisawa.

See this, for example:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Saxo-Tenor-...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[milandro]

Nikkan was the company which gave origin, separately, to Yamaha and Yanagisawa