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However, in Japan, the phrase “Yani” is associated with Tobacco.

For decades, customers would shorten the name Yanagisawa and pronounce it “yah-NEE” but spell it “Yani”. Many customers ask us what this stands for, so we asked Yanagisawa directly. Yanagisawa marks these new ligatures with a new “YANY” stamp. MAPKA has earned the Biomass Mark as an environmental product that harnesses biomass resources and satisfies regulations, standards, and benchmarks for quality and safety. Incorporating paper as one if its base ingredients, MAPKA is a new composite developed in Japan as an alternative to plastics that raise questions from the standpoint of eco efficiency.

The cap is produced with MAPKA, a new material composite comprising a blend of 51 percent paper powder with 49 percent polypropylene. Yanagisawa includes a specially designed white cap with the SIXS. Handmade in Japan, the SIXS Tenor Sax Ligature is made 24K Gold Plated Brass. The minimal contact on the mouthpiece and reed is key to the performance, meaning that the space in between these contacts is the change from a standard ligature that yields the performance of the new design. SIXS stands for the SIX Spaces between the contact points from the ligature on the reed & mouthpiece. The tenor sax model will also work for most Alto Clarinet mouthpieces. The longer screw adapts the fit well to various models. The Yanagisawa SIXS Tenor Sax ligature is designed to fit most hard rubber tenor sax mouthpieces. The engraved, hexagonal screw head adds an appealing classical touch. The ligature hugs the mouthpiece barrel through four Ebonite spacers and an inverted single-screw mechanism allows uniform tightening through all contact points for excellent response. Four small, gold-plated brass discs stabilize the reed, holding it firmly against the mouthpiece while ensuring full freedom of vibration. The Yanagisawa SIXS Tenor Sax Ligature incorporates a unique design with six spatially arranged contact points. Now, Yanagisawa has expanded this expertise in to a new project: the Yanagisawa SIXS Tenor Sax Ligature. Their dedication to craftsmanship is paramount in everything that they make. Yanagisawa is known among the saxophone community as one of, if not the finest saxophone maker there is.