You heard right, the Vito VSP bari is identical to the Yanagisawa B901 bari in every way except engraving. It is made by the same craftsmen on the same. Go ahead and get the horn.

i play on that exact horn (its the schools). it may be made by yani, however it is no more than an intermediate model, dont waste your money, waiyt and get the yani 991, it plays similarly, but it is much better made and much more in tune. and also dont limit yourself just to yani. dont get me wrong i love the yanis, but look into some vintage selmers as well as the new paris made selmers

my son has a vito with low a it is worth every penny we paid they have won there jazz comp 4year in a row

this is a very old post. so, this is for anybody who sees this because he's thinking of buying a yanagisawa VITO baritone: I don't know if the guy talked about a new one. But I recently but a vintage Yanagisawa VITO bari from around 1970. This is one of the best horns I heared. it got that vintage sound but it's still not old enough to be in a very bad condition. Also, I bought one in a horrible condition. For some reason my bari had a lot of bumps and scraches and the guy who owned it didn't care for it at all. but after a repare man replaced some pads and service it, it sounded great!. So: Y-E-S! buy it if you can! try to get one in a good condition so you won't need to fix it as I did... Have fun :-)