Saxophone
Yamaha YAS-62
Price: 181 EUR – 3.269 EUR
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Yamaha's most popular professional alto saxophone since its 1979 introduction, using annealed brass and a tighter-taper neck bore specifically engineered for a solid tonal core with fast response.
About the Yamaha YAS-62
The YAS-62's yellow brass neck, body and hand-engraved two-piece bell are annealed - a heat-treatment process Yamaha applies to make the brass denser, aimed directly at producing a clearer, more focused tone than untreated brass typically gives. Its neck uses a slightly tighter-taper bore than earlier Yamaha designs, a change intended to speed up response and give the player more control while still allowing a comfortable, unrestricted air flow.
Professional-tier details like tilting low Bb spatula keys, refined key shapes, leather pads with wool felt, and polyester tone buttons carry through a saxophone Yamaha has continuously refined since the YAS-61's 1969 debut - the 62 has stayed Yamaha's flagship professional alto for decades specifically because each generation's changes have been evolutionary refinements rather than a search for an entirely new voice.
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Sound character of the Yamaha YAS-62
The YAS-62's annealed yellow brass body and hand-engraved bell give it a denser, more focused core tone than untreated brass would, while its tighter-taper neck bore speeds up response without choking airflow - the combination Yamaha has kept as its flagship alto voice for over four decades.
Technical data for the Yamaha YAS-62
| Body/Bell | Annealed yellow brass, hand-engraved |
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| Keys | Tilting low Bb spatula |
| Pads | Leather with wool felt |
| Mouthpiece | Yamaha AS4C |
Price history for the Yamaha YAS-62
Cheapest seen: 181 EUR · Most expensive seen: 3.269 EUR
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The history of the Yamaha YAS-62
Introduced in 1979 as an evolution of the YAS-61, the YAS-62 has remained Yamaha's most popular professional alto saxophone for over four decades.
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