I know this is 21 years old and incredibly out of date, but just in case someone happens upon this it's worth replying to. But there was absolutely a time when they made stencils, and Leblanc sold a number of them. I'm sure Yanagisawa didn't want to meet the same fate, so they stopped putting other brands' names on their horns. Over-stenciling is often blamed for the demise of B&S saxes out of Germany. Yani was not shy about making stencils for a long time, but eventually I think they decided that stenciling watered their brand down. In fact, if you see a Vito sax that was actually built entirely in Wisconsin, take a picture, because you probably won't see another. Vito saxes have also been made by Beaugnier in France and KHS (Jupiter) in Taiwan, and Leblanc also assembled saxes out of knock-down kits supplied by Yamaha. Yanagisawa did little or nothing to disguise this the Yani logo is on all of these horns. Also, Leblanc sold some saxes in the early '80s under the Martin name that were stencils of Yanagisawas. The Vito VSP low A baritone sax was made by Yanagisawa and has Yanagisawa markings all over it.

> Yanagisawa only makes horns that say 'Yanagisawa'. I'm not trying to say don't buy a Vito instrument, just know that

> they may have contributed to the design of the instrument, that I do not > Yanagisawa does not manufacture ANY parts that are used on Vitos, however, > partially owned by the LeBlanc corporation. > I've seen a lot of horns being sold where they are described as a Vito On Friday, at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Jeff Willis wrote:

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