As I went shopping for a bari recently, in one shop I tried 3 Yani B901 and 1 B991.
I was very surprised that they were so different, and so badly setup out of the box.
I tried all of them with the same Selmer SA80 C* mpc and a vandoren N° 3 reed.
B901 N°1: had the mid B valve completely blocked
B901 N°2: middle and high C played flat, it had had probably the same valve
as on N°1 badly regulated and not opening enough.
B901 N°3: was OK, but somewhat difficult to play (lots of resistance)
B991: was setup correctly and sounded nice, about the same sound as the B901 saxes,
but without bad regulation.
IMO if all 4 saxes would have been correctly regulated, there would not have been much
difference between B901 and B991, while there is a big price difference though.
A so badly regulated instrument, and even one with a completely stuck valve
seems to me something you don't expect from a well reputated brand.
So what happens here, is Yanagisawa's quality control worse than it used to be ?
In another shop, I tried a System 54 Bari and kind of fell in love with it.
What are your thougths about System 54 build quality,
should I risk buying this brand that I never heard of before ?
I was very surprised that they were so different, and so badly setup out of the box.
I tried all of them with the same Selmer SA80 C* mpc and a vandoren N° 3 reed.
B901 N°1: had the mid B valve completely blocked
B901 N°2: middle and high C played flat, it had had probably the same valve
as on N°1 badly regulated and not opening enough.
B901 N°3: was OK, but somewhat difficult to play (lots of resistance)
B991: was setup correctly and sounded nice, about the same sound as the B901 saxes,
but without bad regulation.
IMO if all 4 saxes would have been correctly regulated, there would not have been much
difference between B901 and B991, while there is a big price difference though.
A so badly regulated instrument, and even one with a completely stuck valve
seems to me something you don't expect from a well reputated brand.
So what happens here, is Yanagisawa's quality control worse than it used to be ?
In another shop, I tried a System 54 Bari and kind of fell in love with it.
What are your thougths about System 54 build quality,
should I risk buying this brand that I never heard of before ?