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WOW saxophone fans, this is something we don't see often... one of the very few Yamaha 82ZWS altos made Yamaha in collaboration with Ishimori! These are no longer made or offered by Ishimori/Yamaha and were made in a very limited run. This alto is in overall great shape with only light signs of use throughout. After a quick comb through, this alto is sealing like a drum. These horns are a beautiful and unique blend of a Yamaha 82Z and an Ishimori alto. Here are the features from their website:
-The "Wood Stone" logo is on the front side. It features resonant sound and its higher-class looking like the vintage saxophone. The sound is very rich and you can control tone more easily as you would like. This is completely our original neck.
-The bell of the YAMAHA 82Z is made of two pieces but the YAS-82ZWS features one piece bell so that the sound becomes more highly resonant and dynamic. We also soldered the bell and the body, which makes the whole part vibrate very well.
-This LowB-C#key system is designed to close the tone holes well without effort and to prevent Low C#key from rising up when you play the low register. Also, this system makes it possible to play the table keys more easily.
-The saxophone comes with the Wood Stone thumb hook. The original design makes minimum contacting point with the body. You can easily control sound volume and express freely as you like. The design of the contacting area makes it possible to fit the hook with your thumb in many of different angles.
-The Wood Stone neck joint screw makes your sound softer and richer and the flow of the phrase gets much better with this screw . High notes that are often likely to get thin can become fat and powerful.
-We use two braces between the bell and the body. We spent a lot of time to study how we could improve the vibration of the saxophone and finally knew that this classical and crafted design is most appropriate. This style features quick response and great projection and the sound becomes more resonant.
-It is engraved more precisely by skillful craftsmen than normal 82Z saxophones. The lacquer is very thin which makes this saxophone vibrates very well. If you continue to play with care, it will become more attractive color and design like vintage saxophones as time goes by.
-The Wood Stone hard rubber thumb rest makes response very quick from the high range to the bottom and makes your sound resonant and richer.
-You can find on the bell, the logo of "Wood Stone" and "Custom". The latter logo means that it is the top model of YAMAHA Saxophone
This alto was owned Jeff Coffin, the great saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band. Here is what he says about this horn:
This Ishimori/Yamaha alto is super rare. A true unicorn!! It sounds great and plays great and it's just gorgeous. I am in the very slow process of moving some horns that I don't play enough because they need to be in circulation. They need and deserve to be played more. I can only play one at a time (well, sometimes two hahaha). This alto will make someone very, very happy and it's honestly hard to let it go...treat it with love and it will return it tenfold! - Jeff Coffin
Don't miss out on this rare bird of a horn! We don't know when or if we will see another one!