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 Re: Mark VI Alto Sax
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2005-09-30 09:33

I bought a copper bodied Buffet S3 Prestige alto hoping it would be as good as the S1 - it plays nicely in tune but it's a bit too 'polite' for big band use - not enough 'shout', plus the fact it's using Keilwerth keywork which isn't all that comfortable, and pretty utilitarian in comparison to the S1 - but better than the S2 which used a lot of Jupiter parts.

I do like the Yanagisawa 992 bronze bodied saxes, but I don't like their baris - the mechanism is bendy, not as bendy as Grassi or Orsi or Taiwanese baris but I think the Yamaha 62 mechanism has the best keywork I've seen, though they could lower all the RH key touches (moving them down the body) like a Selmer SA80II to make a super bari.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2005-09-30 11:54)
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