I've been playing the same alto for nearly 20 years now. My Yamaha Custom 855 has seen me through undergraduate, master's, and DMA degrees, as well as countless gigs, recordings, and lessons. Although I mostly perform jazz as a tenor player, I still play a ton of classical alto, and its the main axe I use when I'm teaching. In the same amount of time, I've owned four tenors, mostly as a result of changing tastes. The Yamaha has always been there for whatever I've needed i

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