I'm selling this instrument because I was interested in it and bought it new, but I mainly use other instruments and haven't had a chance to play it. Since I've hardly used it, both the body and the reed are in beautiful condition. It produces sound without any problems. I'm also including 9 brand new saxophone reeds (which can be used with a Venova) that I bought at the same time. The reeds alone are worth 4700 yen, so I think it's a great deal.