{"id":4482,"date":"2011-12-12T07:22:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T15:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/?page_id=4482"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:57:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T23:57:29","slug":"yedo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/sax-shaped-things\/blow-accordions\/yedo\/","title":{"rendered":"Yedo"},"content":{"rendered":"

To my eye, the Yedo appears to be almost identical identical to the Czechoslovakian-made Haro<\/a>. However, whereas the Haro<\/a> was made European-made, the Yedo was made in Japan.<\/p>\n

\"Japanese-made<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: renew4760<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0eBay seller described\u00a0this blow accordion like this:<\/p>\n

This toy sax is approximately 20″ long. It has a wooden mouthpiece. Several of the keys are broken. The bell ring is loose, but I believe that that is the way it was made. The bell is embossed with Made in Japan, YEDO and has the letter D in the design.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

\u00a0Source: renew4760<\/span><\/p>\n

As illustrated in the photos, this Yedo was\u00a0originally built with\u00a010 keys,\u00a0as well as\u00a02 bass\/chord buttons. Its bell engraving is nearly identical to that of the Haro.\u00a0However, while\u00a0the Haro has the letter “R” in the circle in the bell engraving<\/a>, the Yedo has the letter “D”<\/a>. The Yedo is also a 2″ longer than the Haro. The Haro is 18″ long, while the Yedo is 20″ in length. The wooden mouthpiece and gold paint colour look pretty much the same on both instruments.<\/p>\n

Although I cannot say with 100% certainty which came first, I would hazard a guess\u00a0that the Yedo is a copy of the Haro.\u00a0In the early half of the\u00a020th century Japan was well known for\u00a0copying almost everything European. Why should blow accordions be exempt from this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To my eye, the Yedo appears to be almost identical identical to the Czechoslovakian-made Haro. However, whereas the Haro was made European-made, the Yedo was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":3828,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4482","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t