'.Players have been known to say that under no circumstances would they EVER part with their 62 soprano. (That is, until we can come up with something that’s as good, if not better than their YSS-62) As close as we can guess there were around 3,000 of these sold in the United States (our records were a bit sketchy in the very early 80?s) both in the lacquer and silver finishes.

Unfortunately there are NO serial number records available that can help clarify individual production dates beyond some rough guesses. Magix Music Maker Metal Soundpool Download. We do know that there was a change in tonehole placement at some point in the production.' I'm hoping to collect a large enough sample of instruments to provide a reasonable estimation to the date of manufacture of most of the Yamaha Saxophones. I also hope that this collected data will reveal some inconsistencies in the way Yamaha mark and identify particular models.

Jan 22, 2013. Hi SOTW members, Some of you will have seen my Yamaha MODEL Number List. As part of this collection of data, I have created an online database for collecting the SERIAL numbers of Yamaha Saxophones. Yamaha USA will provide a manufacture date for recent model saxophones if you contact them. Nov 19, 2011. Yamaha Saxophone Serial Numbers - posted in Viva Woodwind: Can anyone tell me where I will find the serial number for my Yamaha tenor sax YTS 61? The only number I can find is on the back of the bell below the model number and seems too low to be a serial number, as it's only four digits.

The Yamaha SAXOPHONE Serial Number Database can be found here: Saxophone Cheers YamahaCollector. After seeing this thread and another dealing with the previously unknown to me plant in Grand Rapids, MI, I was astonished to think my daughter's YAS 52 'purple logo' (on semi-permanent loan until I die) was 'made' in the US. An 'A' suffix a bit to the right of the serial number seemed to denote 'America'. A call to the number I saw on SOTW, for the American Yamaha guys in Anneheim, 714-522-9011, works if you select a non-listed option of '0' as the long menu curiously doesn't have a Band and Orchestra prompt. Getting to a nice, helpful Linda, I gave her the serial number, but turning the horn in poor light I stopped short of the A.

She worked on it for a bit, then put me on hold for a long bit, then came back and very unconvincingly told me our horn was made in Japan. When I pressed a little she said I should talk to Jonathan, (ext 9445 btw) where I had to leave a message. Later I left another than I had found the A. Download Game Gba Final Fantasy 3. No call back for a week. Tried again yesterday, and got 'Jon' as he answers.

Very nice, enthusiastic, and free with his time. He says that the 'A' is simply part of the serial number, and DOES NOT denote made in American or anything!! Any letters as a prefix might denote country of origin, especially on modern horns, but not so on the A suffix. There can be, however, an A suffix to the model number (i.e.