![]() The tenor I saw was a “K.Yairi” from the international market. The only reason I bring up the history is that, as you pointed out, Alvarez-Yairi ukuleles do not exist. Yairi DY84 or an Alvarez-Yairi DY84, I know it’s handmade to the same specs by the same people in the same workshop to the same specs. To me the branding is neither a knock nor a plus. I do not consider the A-Ys to be the "premiere line" of Alvarez as the marketing would 's just a different thing. But the standard Alvarez guitars are not made Yairi, and Alvarez-Yairi are not made by Alvarez. I think the collaboration must have gone a little deeper than just distribution, though, as you can see the influence of Yairi in the "standard" Alvarez’s lineup (particularly the bridges). Yairi guitars and brand them Alvarez-Yairi in the US market. At the least, they made some agreement to import K. As far as I understand, Alvarez was started in the US in the 1960s around the same time Kazou Yairi was getting his start in Japan. ![]() I agree the Alvarez-Yairi branding is an arrangement for which I cannot think of an analogous case in any other business. I avoided getting into that to keep my post short, but since you brought it up… ![]()
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