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Date:	 Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:53:07 +1000
To:	 saxpics@x-mail.net
From:	 Michael Burgess <m.burgess@latrobe.edu.au>
   Subject:	 Can you help?
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Dear Saxpics

I trust all is going well as you await your happy event!

Now, you may be interested in the attached 'saxpics'(!). I believe it is
a yanagisawa mezzo soprano. The range is only from c-d (complete with
tone hole behind the bell). Note the size of the bell in proportion to
the rest of the horn. It has no R/h side keys (is was never made with
them either). It has no key pearls - just flat finger bases. I believe
it to be a mezzo because it sounds a step or so out when played with an
alto mouthpiece. I realise the pics aren't the best and would be happy
to try and take some better ones if you feel such a horn would have
merit on your saxpics site. I have had it for some 14 years and picked
it up in an old junk shop where it looked as though it had been run over
by a car (it was fairly flat!) and had been hanging on the wall as a
curiosity - it has been restored as much as possible (you will see that
it has suffered the effects of its injuries) and it is playable with a
very sweet and dark tone. 

I appreciate that you may have your hands full at the moment but if you
can supply me with any information on this horn, I'd appreciate it very
much.

Kind regards and thank you for your time

Michael Burgess 

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