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Wow, this is a beautiful special order, fully-engraved Yanagisawa 9930 alto. This is one of the rare Yanagisawa altos that is made partly of solid silver instead of brass. On this model, the neck is solid silver like a King Super 20, or a high end Selmer (Series III), and the body tube is also solid silver. The solid silver gives the horn a kind of ringing, focused tone that has a darker center and more overtones, compared to brass.
Yanagisawa makes only professional saxophones, and they make them to the highest standards of any saxophone maker in business today. This horn is their top-of-the-line 99x model, and the 9930 denotes the solid silver. This is equivalent to a modern AWO-30 Solid Silver ‘Elite series’ alto, but it also has extra, deluxe engraving from the neck to the bell, and the special-ordered black lacquer.
These features make this alto amazingly beautiful, with some of the engraving appearing silver and some appearing gold, depending on whether it cuts into the silver neck and body or the brass bow and bell.
It also sounds great! Yanagisawa altos are very flexible and have a beautiful tone. They work equally well for classical or for jazz playing, depending upon your playing style and your choice of mouthpiece. The keywork is super fast and comfortable, and the intonation is very easy and right in tune across all registers.
If you have been looking for a sweet professional alto that will also turn heads and is one of the best altos made today, then you should grab this one. You won’t be disappointed. Only one available!
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