Z-ippity doo dah

[lamar reeves]

I bought a Z from W.W.B.W.When I opened the case and inspected the
horn I discovered a small ding on the bell under the rim.I calledW.W.B.W.
immediately and they could not have been more helpful.Within four days
I received another horn.They payed for shipping back to Indiana for the
first one.What is of interest to me is that before I sent the dinged horn
back I tried it out.It sounded fine but not as (how can I describe it?)
"big" as my old Conn10M.The second horn shocked me though.It's
tone is just as "intense" as the Conn but more centered.I took it to a
friend here in Maui who is a professional and plays a Mk.6He was
extremely impressed with the sound and the keywork.I thought that
with computerized manufacturing that all saxophones of a model would
sound alike.This was definitely not true in this case.Does anybody know
why this would be true?

[jaankaden]

it could have simply been that the dinged horn was out of adjustment.

[pknight]

While modern manufacturing processes certainly lead to greater consistency, there is still a lot of hand work done in making a sax. Go to the Yamaha web site and watch the video tour of the Yamaha plant where they make the Zs. Plenty of room for variation among samples of the same model.