I love Yani’s! Both sounded great, but the ease of play of Yanagisawa is why I love them.

I love playing yanagisawa horns and really like the versatility of the instrument. They’re like a finely tuned sports car.

Like the sound of both. Big fan of sx90R, but I have one.

Thanks for the demo. Both horns sound great!

I have an older Couf Superba 1/Keilwerth I bought new in the seventies, and a fairly new Yamaha 82zII. The Keilwerth has a huge sound. The 82Z is more focused and has the best tuning of any saxophone I've ever played. I've tried a fair amount of horns over the years and the 47 year old Couf and the fairly new Yamaha are the two best horns I've ever played. Of the Selmers I've tried, I prefer the BAs over the VIs, but I think a lot players shortchange themselves when looking for a new horn when they only consider vintage horns. There's a lot of great horns being produced right now. The new Selmer is getting great reviews. As far as your test, I think the Keilwerth does sound bigger and the Yani sounds a little more focused. I'm sure you could make most horns sounds great, but all players want something a little different. Key feel, resistance, how they sound when on a gig or in recording, all make a difference.

I like the focused sound of the Yani better than a spread sound. But that's just my personal preference and we are all different. It should also be said that we do not all hear sound the same so what sounds good to one person may not sound good to another. When I switched to modern horns from vintage horns I stopped worrying about equipment and am now happily concentrating on music instead. You sound excellent on both horns.

I prefer the keilwerth. It has character

Lifelong Mark 6 alto player here (in my 70’s ) who, two years ago, switched to a Yani AWO-10. For me, the tonal richness of the 6 is more than made up for in the ease and playability of my modern Yani Elite! Its even scale, incredible action and quick response has made playing sax fun again! Kind of like what you just felt on that Elite tenor! It’s OK, Mike- admit it !😁👍

I go for the JK. Massive sound, powerful monster German craftmanship. Played them for 30 yrs sx90r tenor

For me, the Yani seemed to have a smoother sound and action versus the Keilwurth, which seemed at bit more harsh or brassy. In addition, the Keilwerth sounded more like me breaking-in a new hard reed, which, for me, initially takes a lot more air and work. It could be just a matter of more time on the horn, but I thought I heard an intonation issue on middle C of the Yani, when sustained.

Dude, you need to buy that Yani. You sound great on it.

Rolled toneholes create a larger surface area for the pad to seal but it doesn’t create a better seal bc the pad cannot seat as deep. Now that that is out of the way you should compare the SX90R to an SBA I believe Paul still has few in stock.

You seemed to enjoy playing the Yanagisawa. Both are wonderful horns

To me the KEILWERTH 🎷 sounds very unique & crispy mellow. 👌

At a first listening I preferred the more focused sound of the Yani. It sounded more Mark VI -like, and as you stated; focused. With the second listening I felt they were just.. different.. both had their own quality, sort of. I play a Mark VI but have tried out some Yanis in my local music store. Their keywork is really excellent, and hard to beat! I very much preferred the WO20 in bronze over the WO10 when I tried both. The feel and sound from a players perspective is always bigger than what the listener gets, I think. That said, it’s of course very important that the player get the best possible response and feel from the horn he/she uses.

I also prefer the Keilwerth. I actually own one... However, you've compared horns from a different price range. The Yani TWO10 costs about 2/3 than the KJ Shadow. Yanagisaw has a range of tenors some are in the same price range as the KJ Shadow and some are more and much more expensive. I wonder if the price difference really matters much in the sound.

Hey Mike! Wonderful playing. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that TWO10 ul is mine. I'm selling one on consignment at Paul's shop right now. You should buy it!

both horns sound great, but i prefer the keilwerth it has more character

Well, that Shure KSM-32 is a side-address mic...anyway I was surprised at the sound of the Keilworth, being less Couf-like than I expected.

Keilwerth :)

yanagisawa the sound more complex

Keilworth sounds more jazzy and the Yani more classical

Perso je préfère le Yani alors que j’ai toujours été très fan des Selmer !

Surprised you didn't compare with TW01 post construction

You say the Yani is much more resistant and less free blowing…but then you say it’s easier to blow down through the lower register than the KW? Explain please?

The Yanni

The yanni is a bit more lively

You and Jay Metcalf need to get together and discuss the correct pronunciation of Yanigasawa. Is the G soft or hard 😅

Play the same song so we could hear the difference

Yani is far too bright.