Ditto on SX90R - I play a gold lacq alto and a nickel-silver tenor. I find them to be very comfortable to play and the sound and extremely well built. I may pursue an SX90 sop one day. On my alto, RH "D" and the lower tone holes were noticeably warped when I checked them against a smooth flat surface. After I leveled them, I found no difference in the way it played, however. It played great before and after I did the "fix". I've not checked my tenor for this problem. It's new and I've not had a reason to disassemble it, though I probably will sometime mid-July. If you want to play boldly (jazz/rock), then the Shadow (also a nickel silver body) will certainly please you. I play a Ponzol M2+ if I need super projection, and it's an awesome match with the tenor. If you need to play very warmly or in a concert band/ensemble situation, the right choice in mpc helps, and I use a homemade bell mute which does the trick (a 2" wide ring of bubble wrap that fits just inside the top of the bell). I'd recommend an Otto Link Tone Edge 5 for legit. I played mine last night with a Link slant sig 4 (w/ Med Hard Fibracell) and it had a really warm, thick sound you could cut wih a knife - and the bell mute wasn't necessary. So I advocate that the nickel-silver and Shadow horns can cross over to the dark side as well as slay dragons.