While we were on the phone and he was taking down my order and answering my last questions he kept reassuring me of the quality of the horn and how much I would like it.
Finally, after being reassured that if I didn't like the horn he would exchange it for a Selmer or Yamaha or whatever I wanted (plus the cost difference ofcourse) I bought a DC Pro Series II unlacquered tenor with the oversize bell. But, I am in the bicycle business by trade and I do know that over 90% of all bicycle frames sold in the USA (outside of Wal-Mart bikes) are manufactured in Taiwan so I know a lot about Taiwanese manufacturing and so far I have no problems with it. Naturally, that led to many questions on my part. are his initials) and that he has a shop in Taiwan (not China) manufacture them for him to his specs and his qualifications. He told me that the DC Pro is his own name brand of horn (D.C. I called Dominic four times over the course of a month and asked him every question you could think of about his DC Pro horns and each conversation he patiently answered me. He chatted with Dominic for a while and bought some reeds from him and then called me to let me know that Dominic seemed to be a nice legit guy. I have a friend in Salem and had him swing by Dominic's store and check it out. Now I sell on ebay all the time but I didn't want to buy a horn that way so I looked into the DC Pro line and saw they were offered by Dominic's Music in Salem, Mass. So I shopped around for a while since money was an issue and found the DC Pro line on ebay. I wanted a Yamaha 62 but I didn't have the cash for it. I wanted to get back into the tenor world and have borrowed a few tenors from friends over the past few years for gigs and concerts but I needed one of my own. Looking back that was a dumb decision since that is the only alto I have ever played that I could really make sound like I wanted it to. I started out on a Bundy alto back in 1986 and over the years have owned a 1990 Selmer USA alto (that horn always had trouble staying in tune in the middle registers and the left pinky spatula keys took an act of Congress to press down), a Conn Shooting Stars tenor (1970's model I think- not sure about year and never liked that horn much so I got rid of it after a couple months), a few Keilwerth's and Yamaha's that I have borrowed from friends, and most recently a 1991 Yamaha 52 alto that I absolutely loved until I sold it two years ago when someone offered me $300 more than I paid for it. I have been playing the saxophone for over 19 years. I am not an expert player like Sonny Rollins or Joe Lovano or even Boots Randolph but I am certainly not a young beginner either. I know I'll get some flak for this but I must tell of my experience with a certain DC Pro Series II tenor. I can't speak for all DC Pro horns but I can tell of my experience with my tenor. Here's a reprint of a reponse to DC Pro horns that I posted further down this forum site about 2 weeks ago. YOU CAN'T BUY A CHEAP SAXOPHONE!!! The saxophone is much more complex and requires much more precise craftsmenship. You can buy a cheap guitar and it might play ok, and sound pretty good. The student tries it and it doesn't play well, falls apart, and then your kid decides he doesn't like band and quits! You don't have to spend an arm and a leg on a new Selmer, but at least buy a decent quality used instrument for your student to learn on. The DC Pro Saxophones are a junky Chinese copy of a Cannonball and they do not hold up! The other saxophones you see advertised online like the Schill, Blessing, Band Now, Millwaukee, Monique, Simba, and I'm sure there are a few others that have sprung up here and there I haven't had the "pleasure" of testing yet! PEOPLE, Don't waste your money on these things, please! You buy them for your beginning student because they're shiney and new. THEY'RE JUNK!!! He will take your money and laugh. First of all.DON'T TRUST DOMINIC!!! The guy should be a used car salesman! To hear him talk, his instruments are pro quality. OK.EVERYBODY PAY ATTENTION!!!, because I am getting really tired of answering these questions.