Although the exact number of members in the sax family exceeds 10, perhaps hitting 20 when you take into account more unusual variants, there are four saxophones that tend to be the most common: soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone.
Vito Serial Numbers Instruments for Sale - Here is a table of Vito Sax serial no.' S, manufacture dates, manufacturers, country of origin, etc. I haven't found any reference tables for Vitos out there, so I started this one for myself and decided to share it. 2007 - Use this to date your Made-In-Japan 7131RK Vito Altos. 2, 2007 - Here is a Nov. 13, 2007 - Here is a Apr. '08 - You might want to check out these YouTube videos on Beaugnier horns that 'jazzmanted' has put out there: and Here's detailing the fingerings.
If you're anything like me, you'll have to print it out to be able to read it. Here is an interesting One of Some I've started putting links from some of the serial numbers to pictures of the saxes. Whenever you see a serial number underlined, you can likely click on it.
I've got lots more pictures than I have put links to here. Some general info about There are now three tables on this page. 1) The first has actual serial numbers that I have seen. 2) The second is my attempt to make a general serial number guide for Vito-branded saxes.
3) The third and final is a table of contemporary Vito model numbers. Yes, I know, this page is pretty dang long. I need to break it up into individual pages,.
Please let me know of corrections/additons/deletions. I also want to compile similar tables for the whole LeBlanc family.LeBlanc branded saxes, Noblet, Beaugnier, etc. Please feel free to send me additional information I will add to this table and make it freely available to all. Table 1a: Vito Branded Saxophones Japan, Yanagisawa Type Model Ser.