Barnes & Mullins Yanagisawa TWO20 – Tenor Saxophone – Bronze

A wonderful instrument that will satisfy any player

The upgraded replacement for the T992, this TWO20 bronze model is one of the World’s finest tenor saxophones. The bronze offers a richer, broader, more harmonically complex tone, it also looks stunning!

Description

Yanagisawa saxes are made by a small family company in Japan that only makes professional quality saxes, and they do it very well. This degree of focus means they are of a quality that even their main competitors recognize as the best. Here at SAX, our technicians love them as they play straight out of the box and they are by far the most reliable instruments we sell. 

The Yanagisawa T992 developed a reputation over the past 30 years as one of the finest alto saxophones on the market. Its replacement, the TWO20 is even better! Over and above the less expensive TWO2 model, the TWO20 has double key arms, a fully ribbed construction, and an underslung octave mechanism. 

The TWO20 has an even stronger tonal core thanks to a re-engineered bore and tone holes, plus many upgraded features.

 Features

• Material: Bronze
• Finish: Clear lacquered
• Key Touches: White mother-of-pearl
• Neck: Yanagisawa
• Engraving: Hand engraved
• Case: Yanagisawa, rectangular back-pack style
• Mouthpiece: Yanagisawa Ebonite 7CR
• Made in: Japan
• Free Professional Set Up & Free Check over within a Year
• Recommended for: Players looking for a versatile tone with a super solid build quality

Review

Yanagisawa has managed to raise the quality of their instruments another notch, with the introduction of the WO series. 

The sound delivery of any Yani horn has always been one of richness and smoothness while remaining free-blowing throughout. This quality remains in place on the WO horns but there is an extra degree of warmth and just a little extra focus over and above the old brass models. I’m sure this must be largely due to the change of brass on the O1 and O10 models.

As for the bronze models, there is less of a discernable difference tonally but ergonomically all of the range has benefited from tweaks within the mechanism and key-work. These are lovely new horns. Jim – SAX 

 ‘When comparing the TWO20 to the TWO10 I found that there was a bigger difference between the two than I expected. Being the same horn mechanically, they felt very similar to play, however the bronze felt like it was adding a lot of extra resonance resulting in a bigger, warmer sound that felt like it could be pushed more dynamically. The 10 still had a great sound which was much cleaner and more focussed, and would possibly be better suited in a contemporary/pop context.’ Chris – SAX