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Yamaha YAS-23 Alto Saxophone Best Student Sax 265493A
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Yamaha YAS-23 Alto Saxophone Best Student Sax 265727A
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Yamaha YAS-23 Alto Saxophone VG Condition Great Student Option 230407A
$ 1,250Getting overhauled now! The Yamaha 23 Alto is the best first alto you can get. Many of the best players started on one of these. The made in Japan ones like this are the ones to have. And this one is getting a fresh overhaul right now! That’s all new everything. The nickel will shine up and look new as well.
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Yamaha YAS-82ZULPW Rare Unlacquered “Hand Selected by Phil Woods” with Signed Paperwork
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Yamaha YAS-875 Custom Alto Professional – Fresh Overhaul!
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Yamaha YAS-875EXB Alto Saxophone Black Lacquer Plays Great! C86433
$ 3,350This beautiful Yamaha Custom EX alto just got a thorough tune up including disassembly, cleaning, oil, and a bunch of new pads, and now it’s looking and playing its best! You seldom see Yamaha 875EX altos in special ordered black lacquer, but you should. It’s one of Yamaha’s most beautiful finishes. The ‘honest’ two tone look from the engraving cuts through the black lacquer is striking and gorgeous.
The main reason to buy a YAS-875EX is, of course, the tone and ease of playing that it offers. No other modern alto tunes as precisely or is so effortless to play in ensemble work. It’s almost like autopilot for sax. If you’ve been struggling to hold pitch on a cheap beginner or intermediate horn for years, you may be startled to find that your habits of correcting pitch are now entirely unnecessary. It just plays in tune. I’m dwelling on that, I know, but both on the alto and soprano EX models, that’s the most striking thing. The tone itself is medium between bright and dark. Brighter than the original Custom 875 model, which I also have available at the moment. The EX darkens down with a classical mouthpiece, or brightens up with a higher baffle, smaller chamber mouthpiece. The tone is not very complex, but is round and clear and projects easily. If you want to play concert, classical, or projecting commercial music, the crisp, clear tone is ideal for working with. If you’re playing smoky jazz ballads, you’ll need an interesting sounding mouthpiece to warm up the sound a bit, or just get a Conn 🙂
Only one available! This is a great deal on an effortless and beautiful Yamaha Custom alto!
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Yamaha YSS-62 Purple Logo Soprano 3009 Getting Overhauled Now!
$ 3,350Yamaha YSS-62 Soprano Saxophone ‘purple logo’ early serial, C# on the top (more desirable version) that just got a complete overhaul! That makes it an extremely good deal. If you want to play a modern classic that keeps going up in value, that sounds warm and rich, plays effortlessly, tunes well, and has comfortable ergonomics, then the 62 is your best bet!
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Yamaha YSS-62 Purple Logo Soprano Fresh Overhaul! 5582
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Yamaha YSS-82ZRS Soprano Saxophone One Piece Bent Neck Silver Plate! BRAND NEW
$ 4,750Available new by special order anytime. Email me at [email protected] to order. The Yamaha YSS-62R and 62RS are the most desirable vintage sopranos pretty much. Yamaha made an upgraded reissue of this soprano, with improved keywork but the same bore. It’s simply the best.
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Yamaha YSS-875 Custom Soprano Saxophone 2908 Excellent Condition!
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Yamaha YTS-52 Tenor Saxophone 1980’s Fresh Overhaul Excellent Condition 5474
$ 2,350This early 1980’s Yamaha 52 tenor is hard to beat for the price. The 80’s ‘purple logo’ 62 saxophones are prized for their warm, more complex tone, and they are among my favorite modern saxophones. The 52 from the same era is virtually the identical saxophone, with the same bore, neck, body tube and everything. It lacks a few higher end features that the 62 has (the ‘fat starfish’ engraving, ribs under some posts), but these don’t matter to most people, so it remains an excellent value. You get all the tone, comfortable ergonomics, dependability and ease of playing of a 62 for less money. Plus, this tenor just got a complete overhaul and is all freshly repadded and ready to go for a nice long time. It won’t need anything more than minor upkeep for the next several years, and it is super easy and responsive across all registers.
It can be hard to find a tenor that plays this well for anything like this price. And Yamahas like this are also really easy to get worked on down the road and to keep in good adjustment. Compared to later Yamahas, this one is warmer, more complex, and more like a vintage Selmer (which was Yamaha’s starting point for the early 62 it seems to me), but with better intonation and a more even scale. No wonder these continue to be such popular saxophones.
Only one available!
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Yamaha YTS-62 1 Tenor 33267 Good Condition Plays Well!
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Yamaha YTS-62 Professional Tenor Saxophone Very Good Condition 45358
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Yamaha YTS-62 Tenor Very Good Condition Plays Great! 42244
$ 2,450Nice professional Yamaha 62 tenor saxophone in great shape. It was just tuned up, and plays very well. The price is as good as you can get for a professional tenor in good playing condition. The Yamaha is probably the most commonly recommended first good tenor saxophone in the world.
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Yamaha YTS-62III Tenor Saxophone Near Mint Condition
$ 2,750