Yanagisawa sax serial numbers12/30/2022 ![]() But there was absolutely a time when they made stencils, and Leblanc sold a number of them. I'm sure Yanagisawa didn't want to meet the same fate, so they stopped putting other brands' names on their horns. Over-stenciling is often blamed for the demise of B&S saxes out of Germany. Yani was not shy about making stencils for a long time, but eventually I think they decided that stenciling watered their brand down. In fact, if you see a Vito sax that was actually built entirely in Wisconsin, take a picture, because you probably won't see another. Vito saxes have also been made by Beaugnier in France and KHS (Jupiter) in Taiwan, and Leblanc also assembled saxes out of knock-down kits supplied by Yamaha. Yanagisawa did little or nothing to disguise this the Yani logo is on all of these horns. ![]() Also, Leblanc sold some saxes in the early '80s under the Martin name that were stencils of Yanagisawas. The Vito VSP low A baritone sax was made by Yanagisawa and has Yanagisawa markings all over it. > Yanagisawa only makes horns that say "Yanagisawa". ![]() I'm not trying to say don't buy a Vito instrument, just know that > they may have contributed to the design of the instrument, that I do not ![]() > Yanagisawa does not manufacture ANY parts that are used on Vitos, however, > partially owned by the LeBlanc corporation. > I've seen a lot of horns being sold where they are described as a Vito On Friday, at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Jeff Willis wrote: ![]()
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