soo.. that explains my 1990's..Savoy box in D..

It was far different than ones I'd had in the past.. and looked "pieced together".. it reeked of DYI.

Sound was weak, lighter than most D boxes, it was not varnished but a clear silicon "plasticised"... and the reed blocks had "Re" pencilled in in Italian calligraphy...

When compared with others of the same make I'd tried/owned ( total of 4 ) .. there was no comparison. It was most definitely inferior.

Not a question of fraud.. a question of meeting demand..but some shortcuts are costly in other ways perhaps.

It was originally bought in Canada.. don't know if that has anything to do with it.

G.

respectfully, this has to be one of the weirdest comments ever posted on this forum, and there've been a few. Tu rigoles,non?
Jean-Pierre

My apologies that you didn't like my posting.

Claude.