Re: Tenor advice: B&S 2001 vs. Yamaha YTS-62II
Jim, thanks for your reply.
With my YTS-62II I actually use an Otto Link metal NY 7* (modern version, not vintage) and a Vandoren Jumbo Java T45. With both I obtain an ok sound, but the higher register sounds very thin, not so different from my old no-name taiwanese student sax. The Vandoren mouthpiece performs better in the high register, the Otto Link resonates much more in the lower, it is very pleasing indeed.
Although I do not question the build quality, overall I am not too excited by the sound of this sax.
The sound of the B&S 2001 I read in another forum that closely resembles the Keilwerth you suggested, and costs more or less half of it. Perhaps the marginal improvement is noticeable to a professional, and certainly I am not.
Another highly rated sax is the new P. Mauriat 66 tenor, which however is still impossible to find second-hand. New has the same price tag of the Yamaha (I got it for 1800$).
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