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File:Yamaha 62 series Alto Saxophone history - YAS-61 (1969), YAS-62 (1979), YAS-62 (1994), YAS-62II (2003), YAS-62III (2013), NAMM 2013.jpg From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Jump to navigation Jump to search. I think the Kings have strong upside appreciation potential.Parts List Search You can refine your search by setting multiple search conditions. There are, of course, a very few Super 20 baritones, some with silver necks (add 15%) and I have seen one with a silver bell. There are a few examples with gold inlay on the silver bell (add 15%), a few rare silver plated horns (I own one, add 20%) and a very few gold plated ones (add 25%).
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Around 430XXX, the Super 20 was cheapened considerably: the neck changed to a conventional style the bell key engraving eventually went away the mother of pearl inlay was long since gone. The first examples had mother of pearl key touches sunburst engraving on the bell keys socket necks and optional sterling silver necks (add 15%) and sterling silver bells (add 30%). Around number 272XXX, the Super 20 was introduced. Most of the Zephyr series was in lacquer, add 15% for silver. The Zephyr baritone remained essentially unchanged throughout the production run and sound great. After the mid 1950’s, the Zephyr became an intermediate model, so deduct 30%. I understand there were a few made with sterling silver bells. The Zephyr is a killer! The Zephyr Special had a solid silver neck and mother of pearl key touches. The engraving is beautiful, but they just don’t play very well. I find their intonation to be sketchy at best. I deperately need more close up photos of model number to actually confirm what is actually being done by Yamaha.Įxcept for the Saxello, I can’t find anybody expressing much interest in the Kings made before the Zephyr. Also note that there is NO denotation for a lacquered instrument. I guess if you are looking at purchasing a Yamaha trumpet 2nd hand you must know what configurations it was originally offered in before knowing if a particular instrument has been modified or not. When you look at the actual instruments, they are stamped as YTR-8445CH. This is made more confusing as Yamaha themselves market some particular trumpets with an 'S' in their marketing material but not actually stamped on the same instument, eg: the Xeno Artist Series trumpets, only available in silver plate but marketed by Yamaha as YTR-8445CHS in all of their published material. If a model is only available in a silver plate configuration it would appear that the 'S' is not used, eg: YTR-9610. It would appear that the 'S' is only used when a particular model is offered in both a lacquered version and silver plate version. Additionally, note that 'S' is NOT used for ALL silver plated instruments though. It is not used to denote a Small Bore even though the 'Custom' range of Bb and C trumpets from 1982-85 started including the bore size in the model number similar to Bach's (eg: YTR-9330ML). The letter 'S' is used to denote Silver Plating. If your grand piano is any other model, it was manufactured in Hamamatsu, Japan. If your grand piano is a GA1E, DGA1E, GB1, DGB1, GB1K, or DGB1K, your piano was manufactured in Jakarta, Indonesia. If your grand piano is a GH1G, GH1FP, GC1G, or GC1FP, your piano was manufactured in Thomaston, Georgia. If the serial number begins with 'J', the piano was manufactured in Jakarta, Indonesia. If the serial number begins with 'YT', the piano was manufactured in Taoyuan, Taiwan. If the serial number begins with an 'H', the piano was manufactured in Hangzhou, China. If the serial number begins with a 'U', the piano was manufactured in South Haven, Michigan. If the serial number begins with a 'T', the piano was manufactured in Thomaston, Georgia. As a result, there are six different serial number ranges for Yamaha pianos.