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This is an excellent player.  No Yamoloy Valve Curse!  Fast Rapid valve action built on the design of the B5 only with a Yellow brass bell..  You can’t go wrong at this price.  Comes with the hard wood case.

After Yamaha hired Renold Schilke in the late 60’s to ‘consult’ and to design some of their first instruments for the North American market, Yamaha and Schilke cooperated in a number of joint projects up until the Mr. Schilke’s death in 1982. The first M series horn was made in 1969 and the production seems to have peaked in the mid-seventies. After Mr. Schilke’s death in 1982, the relationship with Yamaha and Schilke terminated and no more Yamaha parts were ordered by Schilke. The last M series horns were made in 1984, using up the supply of parts on hand.

The M-I horns were made (‘put together’ might be more accurate) by Schilke of entirely Yamaha fabricated parts. The M-II horns were made simultaneously with the M-I’s. They were built with Schilke leadpipes and for a short time in the earliest years, Schilke bells. According to an early 70’s Schilke catalog, the M-II was priced at $20 more than the M-I.