Topsax News Flash, Thailand is in our future!

I had the recent pleasure of meeting a young man in Thailand. He is very interested in representing the Topsax(tm) Legend products there. His name is Erich. He is an American that has lived in Thailand for the past 8 years. As time allows I will share more information about Erich.

The interesting point he made is that "Paul Mariat" is a well accepted name in Thailand. Well that is good news for the Legend. The Mariat saxophone is actually a copy from the original molds developed by our parent factory in Taiwan. Now the Mariat folks well tell you different stories but the truth is we started making saxophones in Taiwan over 45 years ago. We later moved the parent factory to China but still maintain one of the largest Trading Partners in Taiwan.

Anyway, we are going to introduce the Legend into Thailand. It is going to be interesting when someone says, "this horn looks like the Paul Mariat." We are going to respond: "No, the Paul Mariat looks like the Legend Series IV." After all we started offering the DOUBLE ARMS option about 5 years ago. I think Mariat introduced their Double Arms model about 2 years ago. The Legend has had the Reference 54 "Patina Matte" finish for almost 5 years now. Now I think every Taiwan factory (including Mariat) is offering some type of matte finish.

I can't wait to get the very first Legend Alto into Thailand. If everything goes well I will be shipping this horn in about 4 to 5 days.

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Interesting tidbit for the day: China at first glance seems to be a young nation. I see young people everywhere (unlike the United States). But the interesting fact is that China has a huge social issue brewing. They have the largest population in the world that will be reaching retirement age within the next couple of decades. Certainly is fruit for thought. Bob C.