APPENDIX
le Monde soprano
- serial number: 551121
- mouthpiece: Selmer S80/E
- reed: Vandoren 3½
- remarks: intonation with straight and curved neck, both of them original. The notable differences are caused by a different bore profile of the two necks; them being straight or curved in itself plays no role whatsoever. Yet, there is no reason that the two necks should have a different profile. Also their lengths are not the same, as can been concluded from the different positions of the mouthpieces on the cork. A warning against cheap saxophones!
yanagisawa 901 tenor
- serial number: 00103938
- mondstuk: 13/3 (own construction)
- riet: Vandoren 3
- remarks: first with an original neck; next with a Selmer mark 6 neck. Except for the bell tones intonation is markedly different.