What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
The sax is well built and featured blue steel springs and indented keys. The case is made of a stiff foam (lined with velvet) with a fabric covering. Overall, it's a great instrument for the price and i definitely recommend it.
Bought this on ebay to avoid mn tax. Came with tons of accessories. It also comes with a strap that's not very good, but i've been using that as well. Comes with a few extras used for care and repair.
Plays great and mostly in tune, but sopranos are always a beast to play in tune! Does not feel cheap and definitely has a dark sweet tone from the black nickel. The tone is clean, centered and big! Easy * and it stays in tune.
I consider myself an amateur/beginner as i only play the sax in my living room two to three times a week for enjoyment. It's play along with the radio at school, play for the children, and keep in the car for impromptu playing that pops up at places i... Read More
The sound is sweet and easy to blow with my selmer c* mouthpiece and henke 2. Only complaint is there is no cleaning pad to handle the mouthpiece section. It's something to be aware of if you're more used to tenor and alto, as i was.
Cons
It plays notes, but the intonation is awful! The labels say it's pink, but in actuality, i received a very orange/red lacquered sax. Will hold off playing it until after i return this one and settle on another workable color option to get.
Highlights
Quality
I am so amazed by the quality of the sound and quality of the workmanship
Im sure if you went up to 1300 bucks thered be a quality difference but for our budget this horn is great
Personally i wouldnt use the neck strap anyway because of its poor quality
Despite the quality of the pads the horn plays well from bottom to top with good intonation although above high d is a little fussy
Price
Yanagisawa is a very good company for saxophones both for jazz and classical playing
Packaging/appearance
It played great right out of the box no problems with any notes
There was at least one loose screw out of the box but easily fixed with a screwdriver
Competitiveness
Its worth noting that this horn has taken a beating
The case resembles the original protech cases
I also use vandoren java jazz reeds and a rovner ligature
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soprano, good, nice, low and little. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 148 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 25 2022.
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And no pieces have fallen off
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As for anything more subtle than that im not a good enough player to say
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I just received this curved soprano in white w gold keys
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The mouthpiece seemed fine and the reeds seemed fine but i had to force tone out
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There are some flaws besides the tuning
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If that wasnt bad enough there was a mess of the stuff run down the bore of the horn
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Also the mouthpiece had to be pushed almost all the way back to the end of the cork to get in tune
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I wouldnt recommend this to a beginner but i wouldnt recommend any soprano to a beginner
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