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SN-800 Straight Eb Sopranino<\/strong> (to altissimo F#) introduced between 1977 and 1980. S-880 Straight Bb Soprano<\/strong> Introduced: 1985. Note that there are no 880 sopraninos or curved sopranos. Available sterling silver necks.<\/p>\n At a 1977 music instrument fair, Yanagisawa announce[d] a new line of soprano, alto, and tenor models epitomizing the \u201cYanagisawa Technology\u201d philosophy, thus completing a full lineup of 15 models in five saxophone categories, from sopranino to baritone. (Source.)<\/a><\/p>\n The 800 [Series] sopranos were completed and added to the range in July 1978 \u2026 [and i]n 1979, Yanagisawa finally succeeded in making their first curved soprano, the SC-800. (Source.)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n I again can\u2019t get folks to agree on a good starting date for the 880 Series:<\/p>\n My favorite article says 1980.<\/a> The earliest 880 I have seen pictures of is this sn 00102063 tenor<\/a>. That\u2019s 1980. So, I think 1980 isn\u2019t a bad starting date to work with, but I\u2019d leave wiggle room for slightly older horns.<\/p>\n There are a number of articles that say that the S-880 straight soprano with the detachable neck was introduced in 1985:<\/p>\n Yani Australia<\/a> The Official Yanagisawa website just says \u201c1978-1985.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n I don\u2019t have a ton of S-880 pictures, but the earliest horn I have pictures of is a 1985 model.<\/a> In any case, I don\u2019t think you\u2019ll have a problem distinguishing the S-880 from the S-6 or S-800, because of the removable neck.<\/p>\n MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 800 and 880<\/p>\n Note that the 800 and 880 were the professional line from Yamaha. There may be some minimal bore differences between the two, because of the thicker brass on the 880, but that’s it. Also, as far as I can tell, the SN-600, S-6, and B-6 were completely unchanged. So, your choices were:<\/p>\n Student: 500 Series Several other companies have “remarketed” their older professional horns as a kind of “intermediate” model when their new pro horns came out. SML, for instance, re-engraved their old pro horns as “Standard” models.<\/p>\n SOPRANINOS:<\/p>\n STRAIGHT SOPRANOS:<\/p>\n CURVED SOPRANOS:<\/p>\n ALTOS & TENORS:<\/p>\n BARITONES:<\/p>\n Let\u2019s look at two B-880s. Here\u2019s a sn 00118865 (1984) horn<\/a> and a sn 00130055 (1986) horn<\/a>. There are a lot of keywork differences between the two. You can see that the 1986 horn has the \u201cergonomic\u201d low C and Eb and that the chromatic F# is now an oval pearl, rather than a rectangular key without a pearl. The altissimo F is now a pearl teardrop, rather than a round button.I simply don\u2019t have enough B-800 or B-880 examples to give you a better guide right now, but you can probably count on those \u201cergonomic\u201d low C and Eb keys to only be on 880s. I also think that the B-800 and B-880 may have been special order horns, so the differences between the B-800 and B-880 might never be consistent, except for the 880 using imported brass and the 800 using Japanese brass. That\u2019s rather hard to show.<\/p>\n New on Jan. 21, 2020: I’ll eventually look into this a bit more. Yes, I also know that a couple horns in my gallery are in the wrong places. I’m working on that, too.<\/p>\n For some horns, you may see a couple 6 or 7 digit serial numbers in the form of …<\/p>\n mm<\/span>yy<\/span>nnnn<\/p>\n Examples: For the majority of horns, though, you’ll see a serial number starting with “00” that does not have an embedded date. Check out my thread on the Woodwind Forum<\/a> for these serial numbers.<\/p>\n 80\/800\/88\/880\/8830\/8833\/8835<\/strong><\/p>\n Doctorsax.biz: lacquer straight Bb soprano, sn 00142759 (1988)<\/a>
\nS-800 Straight Bb Soprano<\/strong> Introduced: July 1978.
\nSC-800 Curved Bb Soprano<\/strong> Introduced: 1979.
\nA-800 Eb Alto<\/strong> introduced between 1977 and 1980.
\nT-800 Bb Tenor<\/strong> introduced between 1977 and 1980.
\nB-800 Eb Baritone <\/strong>(low A) introduced between 1977 and 1980.<\/p>\n
\nA-880 Eb Alto<\/strong> introduced between 1978 and 1980.
\nT-880 Bb Tenor<\/strong> introduced between 1978 and 1980.
\nB-880 Eb Baritone (both low Bb and low A)<\/strong> introduced between 1977 and 1980.<\/p>\n
\nAll 8xx models discontinued between 1990 and 1992.
\nNote that the 500 Series, the SN-600 Eb sopranino (altissimo E), S-6 straight soprano, and B-6 Eb baritone (low A) were still available through the 800\/880’s lifetime.
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\nAvailable Finishes:<\/strong> Silver plate, lacquer.
\n8830:<\/strong> Sterling silver body, lacquer keywork and bell (possibly only available on straight soprano models). Introduced appx. 1988.
\n8833:<\/strong> Sterling silver bell, lacquer body and keywork (possibly only available on alto and tenor). Introduced appx. 1988.
\n8835:<\/strong> Sterling silver bell and body. Lacquer keywork (possibly only available on alto and tenor). Introduced appx. 1988.<\/p>\nOfficial Yanagisawa Catalog<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Brief Model Notes<\/h2>\n
\nsax.mymusictalk.com says 1978.<\/a>
\nYani\u2019s official website says between 1978 and 1985.<\/a>
\nThe Saxess Blog says 1980.<\/a>
\nYani Australia says 1978.<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nRioja Sax<\/a>
\nThe Sina Blog (The Flying Keys Blog)<\/a>
\nMyMusicTalkSax<\/a>
\nBarnes & Mullins, the UK Yani distributor,<\/a> nails it down to June, 1985.<\/p>\n
\n800\/80, 880\/88, 500, 600, and 6 Model Differences<\/h2>\n
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\nOlder professional model: SN-600, S-6, and B-6.
\n“Introductory Professional”: 800 Series.
\n“High-End Professional”: 880 Series.<\/p>\n\n
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\nI have gotten an awful lot of e-mails from folks trying to find out if they have a 6-Series, 500, or 800. That’s a really, really difficult question to answer when the horn has a serial number that puts the horn from about 1977 to 1982. Here are some notes:<\/p>\n\n
\nSerial Number Information<\/h2>\n
\n7<\/span>80<\/span>1543 = July<\/span>, 1980<\/span>.
\n12<\/span>80<\/span>1543<\/span> <\/span>= December<\/span>, 1980<\/span>.<\/p>\n
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Additional Pictures<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nDoctorsax.biz: more pics of the above horn.<\/a>
\nDoctorsax.biz: lacquer Eb alto (Martin stencil), sn unknown.<\/a>
\nDoctorsax.biz: lacquer Bb tenor, sn 00128018 (1985).<\/a>
\nDoctorsax.biz: lacquer Eb baritone (low A), sn unknown.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"iawp_total_views":827,"footnotes":""},"categories":[230,231],"tags":[56,260,238,281,282,262,283,284,286,287,285,170,234],"class_list":["post-1000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese","category-yanagisawa","tag-1970s","tag-1980s","tag-70s","tag-281","tag-282","tag-80s","tag-283","tag-284","tag-286","tag-287","tag-sterling","tag-yanagisawa","tag-yani","excerpt","zoom","full-without-featured","even","excerpt-0"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/Pete\/makesandmodelslist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/Pete\/makesandmodelslist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/Pete\/makesandmodelslist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/Pete\/makesandmodelslist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/Pete\/makesandmodelslist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1000"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/Pete\/makesandmodelslist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1679,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/Pete\/makesandmodelslist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000\/revisions\/1679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/Pete\/makesandmodelslist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/Pete\/makesandmodelslist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/Pete\/makesandmodelslist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/Pete\/makesandmodelslist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}