BS200 Lacquer E Flat Baritone Saxophone

This is an Excellent sax! Full, warm sound across the register. I would recommend getting a new mouthpiece/reed/strap though. Mine came with no damages, but it looks as though most people needed repairs. Even so it is well worth the price.

I was looking for a used Bari but everything seemed to be out of my price range. This is a great sax for the price sensitive , It arrived and the packing was solid and there were not scratches or dings to the body. The neck strap was cheep and does not support the horn properly best to have a sturdy neck strap. The case is a gig bag with wheels and is put together well. The action on the keys are great out of the box but It may need minor adjusting, low b flat seems to be a bit evasive because of this I could not give it 5 stars. I may change the rating after I have a technician take a look at it. Overall it is a great sax for the price. The tone is deep low and lumbering.

UPDATE we bought actual baritone sax reeds and a better harness, no issues with how it plays.Just got this son unable to play it due to something is off with the reed, sits too far off of mouth piece. Harness is horrible and Does not support the instrument. Also the carry strap is too short to go from each D Ring. May update once we get a proper harness and reed so he can see how it plays.

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This bari sax has a great tone and nice springy keys. One of the welds was broken straight out of the box (see pics), but fortunately it was a support weld and the sax was playable. What I will spend on repairing that is still nothing compared to what I would have spent for a more expensive sax, and I'm still super happy with my purchase. I would recommend this instrument for players of all experience levels who are looking for a great deal.

Closure of the keys for lowest tones, Bb & A, were problematic as I worked with a conductor who insisted on producing this lower range of the instrument.

The mouthpiece is landfill, the reed is an insult, and the neck strap is a disaster waiting to happen. One of the little support feet fell off the case (although the wheels seem to be staying on OK). Worst of all, the neck doesn't fit the instrument. Who's ever heard of a saxophone being shipped with a neck that doesn't even fit? The tenon is too loose, only by a few thousandths of an inch, but that's enough to make it impossible to tighten the clamp screw enough to hold the neck in place.That's the bad news. The good news is that everything else seems to work fine. The keys and valves all work as they should, although the low C spring is maybe a tad weak (but functional). I haven't examined tuning accuracy yet, but the notes sound with all the seismic authority one expects of a baritone. With a decent mouthpiece, I have no trouble reaching low Bb and A even with the loose neck.I replaced the supplied noname mouthpiece with a new Yamaha 5C. It's probably not essential; the Chinese mouthpieces are generally at least semi-usable, but get some decent reeds at least. If you spring for the Yamaha mouthpiece, note that the Estella ligature is too loose on it. So is a new Selmer baritone ligature. I have no idea why the Yamaha mouthpiece is so hard to fit; Yamaha isn't noted for weird stuff such as non-standard parts dimensions. In any event, if you buy a Yamaha baritone mouthpiece, save yourself some annoyance and buy a Yamaha ligature too - that fits perfectly. Oddly enough, the Estella mouthpiece cap fits the Yamaha MP and ligature just fine. I usually use Fibracell reeds and these components all seem to play well together.The case is a very light wood affair filled with molded rigid styrofoam, with a fuzzy fabric covering on the inside and a canvas-y fabric on the outside, all with a zipper closure. It's more than adequate to protect the instrument from substantial clunks and bumps, and maybe even a tumble down the stairs - but I definitely wouldn't stand on it.The neck tenon problem isn't for home repair. That requires a trip to a repair shop which has a set of expanding mandrels. In the Boston area, I'd expect a good professional job to cost about $30. Once that's fixed this should be a pretty good instrument.One last caution - baritones are heavy. This one weighs two ounces shy of 15 pounds. That's 6.8 kg. To players accustomed to lightweight fluff like altos and tenors, this will be a helluva new load on your neckstrap - and your neck - so be prepared.Oh, and the electric tuner is quite good. Precision is a bit better than those little clip-on ones for guitar headstocks. It has a built-in microphone, a 1/8" jack for headphones (not included - I don't know what headphones would do on a tuner, but the little symbol painted next to the jack looks like headphones), and a 1/4" jack for a remote piezo pickup (included) with a spring clamp. The tuner can be set for various tunings a bit plus or minus of standard A440.