Here's a neat old soprano marked Caravelle Brittany but probably made by Borgani in Italy.
The modern Borgani company makes very nice professional instruments, but "back in the day" they made mostly student/intermediate instruments. This soprano is well made and probably not in the "pro" category but honestly way too nice to be a student horn.
This sax came to me in pretty good shape. It needed a basic tear down/clean/reassemble/adjust procedure done, I think I replaced one pad, made some minor adjustments.
It plays well and really has a nice, singing tone. I have another one of these, identical, that I'll be restoring soon. I'm impressed, these can be had pretty cheap and are WAY better than anything else in the sub $500 range.
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