These wedges need to be carefully removed with tweezers before playing. Every Masterpiece saxophone is working perfectly when it leaves me.īefore manufacturers ship their saxophones to suppliers, they usually insert packing wedges to support the keys in transit. Now that I have found a reliable supplier I still check every saxophone to make sure it is playable. Some of my competitors must be buying from them because those factories are still in business. I don’t buy from those factories anymore.

Some suppliers sent me saxophones that were so badly made they were unplayable. When I first started offering colored saxophones I bought them from several different suppliers. You can even find cheaper colored saxophones than the ones I sell, but I cannot recommend them because I have no control or faith in the quality. However, there won’t be any WOW! factor, because Yamaha does not make colored saxophones.įurthermore, their student model 280 costs $1480 – about 3 X as much as my Masterpiece brand. Admittedly, if my students were playing brand new Yamaha 280 saxophones, it’s unlikely that any adjustments would be necessary. This is a small price to pay for the joy and excitement of playing on a shiny, brightly colored instrument. Occasionally, I need to make a small adjustment, which involves tightening a tiny screw about 10 degrees. I’m a saxophone teacher and I hire and sell my Masterpiece brand saxophones to my students. It sounds pretty much the same, and its weight is nearly identical to the Yamaha. This saxophone has the same number of keys as the Yamaha, and other famous brands.

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