So....if in one end we have the big 4, and i bought one of the big 4, still i haven't what i am looking for, and the other end are the rest of the Asian, rest of the world that are not a Selmer, Yani, Yama, Keil....that their utterly good models are from 2-3 grand and above, whereas if you are a new buyer like me, to hunt and find out, the real bargain you either have to spend on some saxes, worth of a small car for example, or a good friend guides you to a great vintage, or you trust reviews that powerfully destroy the wannabees that are not, and the so called greats that are not, like Mr Howard's, and it's what i do now. But there are way more saxes on the market than Mr Howards reviews.
So there is no chance a second taiwanese, or chinese horn to ever sell like a Yamaha, Yani, or Selmer? Is that all the sax industry can do? Whatever has a certain brand sells best, and whatever has not...gets a 50% toll down for resale?
It's like the industry telling me, go buy a Yas 62, or a Yani 992, or a Selmer Mark VI, or ref 54...all the rest are devaluated horns, so come to us again. Cause you will not ever be able to have another horn, and stay all your life, with the cheap value you got.
And what if the market wants to move, and breathe...shouldn't the value of the saxes be more close, so as to promote Asian and rest of the world sax owners to upgrade their saxes too? If such an owner cannot get a 60% perhaps of it's value, he will not upgrade...and the market will shrink as well too, faster than lightning.
I know not many things, but i don't want to be punished for choosing an Asian horn.I have the utmost respect on Asian craftmanship, way older in time than any european, and fond of American craftmanship as well, what's made in the States, so in due time totems shall fall, or have fallen already, and the status quo cannot bear to accept it.
I see already with my newbish eyes and ears, the Big 6, and the Big 8 on the horizon.