Klarinet Archive - Posting 000126.txt from 2003/11

From: "Abraham Gamboa" <abraham.gamboa@-----.br>
Subj: Re: [kl] please excuse a saxophone question....
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 02:49:24 -0500

I know the feeling on the Martins!!! I spoke to D. Liebman about this a
couple of yrs ago and he said he even thought about changing his Mark VI for
a Martin (tenor)!!?? Abraham
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From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] please excuse a saxophone question....

> At 09:44 AM 11/6/2003 -0600, Ed Lacy wrote:
> >I know there are quite a few saxophone experts on the list. I would
> >like to know something about the new Yamaha saxophone model, the YAS475
> >and YTS475. I believe they are intended to be replacements for the old
> >YAS52 and YTS52, which were their first supposed "professional" models,
> >but which are now regarded as intermediate instruments. According to
> >the advertising hype, the 475's are supposed to incorporate certain
> >design features of the more expensive Custom models. How good are they?
> >How do the prices compare with the model 52?
>
> The 52-series Yamahas have ALWAYS been intermediates. The 62's are pro
> models, and the Custom series the super-pros. There is another series,
> called Allegro, that sits between the 52's and 62's, but they are
available
> only through some selected dealers. They have the better pads of the 62's
> and the 62 necks, among other differences, but are otherwise basically the
> same as the 52's. It is likely that the 475's will have some of those
> features, but I have not seen them yet. We do carry the Allegros, and
they
> are pretty nice. (My personal tenor has been a YTS-52, but I just picked
> up a 1958 Martin and I think I am in love!)
>
>
> Bill Hausmann
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>
>
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