Tech/maintenance SHWoodwind Updates

[Stephen Howard]

More good finds - cheers!

I must've put the 'Meoldy' Maker article up without running the splelcheckre first...'cos I also found:
proprietory
accomodate (x2)
reknown
suprisingly
ocassional

I was half-tempted to leave 'Meoldy' as is...it kinda fits the horn.

 

[vries1]

Nice update on the Stands discussion Steve!

And, on the Meoldy article, I had noticed proprietory but I thought it was a fancy (and deliberate) alternative to proprietary, proprietory - Wiktionary.

Anyway, another small one on A review of the Yamaha YTS82Z tenor sax:

"The second thing I discovered is that the 82Z isn't a horn that as immediately accessible as the rest of the Yamaha range."

 

[h4yn0nnym0u5e]

nudgee should be nudger - the stand is the one who is nudged (or not)
débâcle
the horn seems to sit more solidly

...am I first?!

 

[Stephen Howard]

I suspect the proprietory/tary thing comes from using more than one computer to write the articles on - and thus having slightly different entries in the user dictionary. Maybe I ought to try syncing them sometime.

Good catch on the 82Z.

I should have yet another review going live tomorrow...just to keep you busy 😉

 

[Stephen Howard]

nudgee should be nudger - the stand is the one who is nudged (or not)
débâcle
the horn seems to sit more solidly

...am I first?!

Yeah, you're first - but I suspect (at a guess) that other readers here would prefer typo notes to be kept in the SHWoodwind thread where they're more on-topic.
Shame about the nudgee...I kinda liked it. Will have to think of another word...
As for debacle, it cleaned its act up a long time ago.

 

[Jeanette]

but I suspect (at a guess) that other readers here would prefer typo notes to be kept in the SHWoodwind thread where they're more on-topic.

Moved as suggested

Jx

 

[Stephen Howard]

More updates!

First up is a review of the Yanagisawa 900 baritone, which marks the point at which 'The Big Three' became 'The Big Four'. As it's almost mechanically identical to the 901/2 I've rehashed the 901 review to cover the whole 9xx series (or most of it, so far).

Yanagisawa 9xx series baritone saxophone review

And more fun on the Benchlife Blog, where I can be found giving Hercules a wedgie...

A rolling blog of everyday life on and around the workbench

 

[Nick Wyver]

First up is a review of the Yanagisawa 900 baritone, which marks the point at which 'The Big Three' became 'The Big Four'. As it's almost mechanically identical to the 901/2 I've rehashed the 901 review to cover the whole 9xx series (or most of it, so far).

Interesting - thanks for that.
I've had my current B900 since 2002. I bought it secondhand from Myatts. They had a YBS62 in at the same time. To my ears there was no competition, the B900 sounded just how I thought a baritone should sound. The Yamaha seemed rather weedy in comparison - in sound and in build. I was probably biased though. I'd owned a B900 before (from 1990 to about '95) so I had preconceptions. I've still never found a bari that I like the sound of better - including, for all you vintage fans, the '36 Conn 12M that resides here.

 

[vries1]

As usual, very nice review Steve!

I only played a B901 a few times. While I prefer my beefy YBS-62, the B901 felt very agile and "light" to play, and this could certainly be appealing to others.

To keep up the work on proof-reading: I found only one typo - and paradoxically I would imagine it is a word you spent some time on to get it right:
"the horn's forté is ensemble and solo work": forte should be written without accent (really!)

 

[Stephen Howard]

Yes, it's clear that Yanagisawa took a different path from Yamaha in terms of tone - and it perhaps points back to their 'influences' during the '50s and '60s. I'd be very interested to see what happens to the baritones if they ever get around to making a WO series.

You sure about that forté thing? I thought forte (loud) was the adjective, and forté (strength) the noun.

 

[vries1]

I wouldn't hold my breath for a new baritone coming out any time soon... hard to see how and if Yanagisawa would ever recoup the investment in R&D.

Yes, I am certain about forte, see for example the spelling and definition given in the site of Oxford University Press, forte - definition of forte in English | Oxford Dictionaries. I don't think it is easy to find a more reliable source.

 

[Stephen Howard]

I don't know that the R&D costs would be that great. There's not a great deal of difference (mechanically) between the alto and tenor WOs and their predecessors - so the bulk of the costs will be in making the body and adapting a few keys.
It would also place them in a very strong position in the market, because new baritones are few and far between. They might also pick up sales from those players who have no choice but to go with a Yamaha because they favour a bit more grunt. The alto and tenor WOs have very successfully retained the Yanagisawa tone, but sprinkled a bit of 'fairy dust' on it.
And if they could come up with a better low A mech, they'd really seal the deal.

I was gonna leave forté...but I note I've used it a number of other times without the accent.

 

[MarkSax]

Yes, it's clear that Yanagisawa took a different path from Yamaha in terms of tone - and it perhaps points back to their 'influences' during the '50s and '60s. I'd be very interested to see what happens to the baritones if they ever get around to making a WO series.

You sure about that forté thing? I thought forte (loud) was the adjective, and forté (strength) the noun.

Forte as used in Italian, without the accent, means loud in Music and Strength elsewhere. Forté does not exist even in French AFAIK. Forte in French describes a fat woman. 🙂🙂🙂🙂 I'm in fits cause I just imagined myself blowing air through a very large woman and producing a very 'saxy' sound. Oh well, anything to keep me amused.

 

[Stephen Howard]

It kinda fits the Yani.

 

[Karolis]

It kinda fits the Yani.

Bari Yani vs. Fat Woman. Now that review I would like to see on shwoodwind!

Which section though....Benchlife, Notes, Testing...testing or Black Museum?....
I wonder....
Perhaps Handy Hints?

 

[Stephen Howard]

The Testing section...definitely.

 

[Targa]

It kinda fits the Yani.

This is very 'boys' club' sizeist and sexist but before the mods delete it, wouldn't a Trevor James Horn 88 be better?

 

[Stephen Howard]

Sizeist?? I reviewed a Yani soprano a few weeks ago! Big or small, they're all welcome on my bench.

 

[Ivan]

I was gonna leave forté...but I note I've used it a number of other times without the accent

Forte, 'FOR-tay"

vs

Forté, 'for-TAY'

Mebee it depends on how you hear it in your noggin while you type

Feeling flamboyant or transatlantic? Forté every time

 

[Targa]

Forte, 'FOR-tay"

vs

Forté, 'for-TAY'

Mebee it depends on how you hear it in your noggin while you type

Feeling flamboyant or transatlantic? Forté every time

You've been watching too much tennis.