Yanagisawa "El Dorado 500" Alto:  How about this folks, a vintage Japanese sax... Excellent,  reverse engineered Selmer copy.  Great feeling keywork and quality construction.  Finish is about 98%, but has scratching on the leg side of bell and strap hook area.  Fortunately the neck is excellent, not one dent or crease, only a tiny pinhead ding and the ocrtave key has the yani sign on it.  The official model was A-4, which was introduced by yani in 1966 and it's stamped A-4 by the serial # 2732xx. ( it's hard to figure yani serial #'s)   A new model the A-6 was introduced in 1970, soooo... 66-70, for sure.  The model 500 is the predecessor of the A 900 and 990 models, preferred by most for it's warmer sound, with more character than modern saxes.  I would compare it to a yamaha 61.  We already removed most of the sax's dents/dings before the pics, so that you can see the result.  There are a few ripples in the bell  rim and near the thumbhook, but the overall impression is very nice.  1399.00

Yanagisawa " Dorado 500" Tenor:  How about this folks, a vintage Japanese sax... Excellent,  reverse engineered Selmer copy.  Great feeling keywork and quality construction.  Finish is about 90%, but has scratching on the leg side of bell and strap hook area and below.  The official model was T-4, which was introduced by yani in 1966 and it's stamped T-4 by the serial # 2732xx. ( it's hard to figure yani serial #'s)   A new model the T-6 was introduced in 1970, soooo... 66-70, for sure.   It's a fine example of Yanagisawa's early saxes,  the model 500 is the predecessor of the A 900 and 990 models, preferred by most for it's warmer sound, with more character than modern saxes.  I would compare it to a yamaha 61.   The bell lip and the bow have some denting, we will remove as well as possible.  This is a great sax for the money.  1399.00