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I once got a saxophone from this music store and the inside of it was brown nish I know that I wasn't supposed to but I had to I sprayed some lysol on the swab and pulled it through a few times until it was cleared of the brown goop that was in it and yes I brought a knew swab

This dude is one of the most important people in music right now

The question of which mk6 to duplicate is a totally obvious one. Start with producing any mk6 from the years 1954 - 58. These are considered, and rightly so, to be the golden age of mk6's. Namely for one reason, the spacing of the tone holes - due to the f adjustment key and screw bit, being soldered directly to the key. This meant the keys had to be slightly larger and placed in a different location up and down the horn, making for an extremely clear, immediate punchy, yet warm centred core sound. Very few remakes make this model, everyone puts the adjustment bar in, which makes for a slightly cheaper sax. The second golden age, was around the 140,000 6 digit mark, from 1967, which is what I have and what Sonny Rollins played on. There are quite a few remakes of this model, due to it being cheaper to produce, however, if you get a mk6 from the 50's, and I own from the 60's, the 60's horn feels cheaper, and doesn't come close to the feel and tone quality and project of a 50's horn, for the reasons aforementioned. Coincidentally, you don't see many photo's of top jazzers playing a mk6 from the 60's, I wonder why?

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That makes me shure, that my next Saxophone will be a Yamaha Custom Baritone. I already tested a Z80…

It depends what you mean by best in the world... Maybe Yanagisawa is the best sound and quality wise, but if we look into what instruments have helped the sax community out the most I would say the Mendini, and before you laugh at me think of this.... I live in a third world country where if a child wants to play a sax, paying 23000 mexican pesos for a new studen yamaha is WAAAY out of the question. So they go to the cheapest option which would be Mendini, and as years pass they have two paths, they make the Mendini work so it could sound great or they can upgrade to a better one but none the less they are already great musicians.

Any plans to visit the factory in China, where they make the lower-end instruments? I’d love to see how the student-level instruments compare to the pro horns.

uah! now i have seen all 3 big producer... a lot of knowledge, a lot of science, a lot of passion, a lot of experience, a lot of history... uah! 💥💥💥🌟🌜❤️🌛🌟💥💥💥

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Selmer = hype 😱

That was quite a tour! I've played my YAS-62 since 1992 and so it was especially fun to (finally!) see this video! Hats off to the dedicated and talented Yamaha technicians/artists who make these great horns.

o sea una sola forma.

Maybe the Better Sax series 2 will be made in the yamaha factory?

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This beginner series jumps from how to hold a sax to play an e flat. Never heard of an e flat what is that. I think i have to learn how to read music, then learn which keys to press play different notes. Then watch this series 🤷🏻‍♂️👍

We love AI selmer less handmade, more money ❤

Very nice indeed. And yes what a great solo!

I think the more expensive one sounds smoother. But the Amazon one is cool! I’ve always wanted to learn sax (not play professionally) but could never justify buying a sax. I think I’m gonna add it to my list for next month and will use your link 😄

Got a silver alt yamaha yts 62 great horn

Incredible video, please continue to make more

that vice at 3:40 is incredible! no energy lost there !

Better sax tenor was in the back?

I’m still playing on my YAS-62 I got in 8th grade and I’m 48 now. I have a Yamaha Soprano and Tenor as well. Great horns!

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Nope, there's a Better Sax now... (See what I did there?)

I guess he wont tell us the name of the piece

Sounds great Jay

Thanks so much Jay! I exclusively play Yamaha saxes now (YTS 875, YAS 82Z, and YBS 480) and this video makes me appreciate them even more.🙏🏼❤️

Hand engravers: I have the number of a good physiotherapist. I'll pass it along.

Yamaha saxes are without doubt, the best built saxes of the big 4. Yanagisawa 2nd, Keilwerth 3rd and Selmer trailing well behind.

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How about showing where and how better sax horns are made ?

Loved this! My 1985 purple logo alto must have been made there. From the look of the chief designer, seems like they discovered the elixir for eternal youth along the way too! Great video Jay!

I always wondered if they put lacquer on over the engraving. Nice to know that they do!

Of the three so far, Yamaha appears to be the most refined in terms of the manufacturing process. Based on that video, I would expect Yamaha has the most consistency from horn to horn (although you should get the same level of consistency with the other two as well). Would love to see a Keilwerth tour…perhaps the most unique sax on the market outside of the big three…would also like some exploration into the whole “warped tone hole” thing

Surprisingly (or maybe not too much), Yamaha engineers used that knowhow in brass instruments to design more efficient and reliable 2-stroke exhaust systems for their racing motorcycles back in the 1960s.

Many thanks!! I’m a proud owner of two Yamaha saxes; a YAS 62II( 2003) and a YTS62III(2014). They’re wonderful.

This was so interesting! Thanks for the opportunity to look inside the most famous saxophone factories and see how our instruments are making!

I am surprised by the technical playing abilities of the technicians!

Love these factory tours

Very cool...I wish I had kept my Yamaha saxophones

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Loved this video. I play a Yamaha, so that was fun to watch. I'm going to look at the other videos on Selmer and Yani next! Thanks for sharing.

What type of Sorter do they use? sorry for the Miss Spelling.