Quite frankly, their track record would really have to improve quite a bit before I'd entertain anything that they had made. Ball or no ball. I totally understand and respect the entrepreneurial spirit, but the end product has to be of a good quality, or what's the point? I have yet to meet 1 person, or correspond with 1 for that matter, who has bought an Aquila Sax and kept it. I think a lot of times the problems arise from the fact that the buyers are pro or semi-pro, advanced or intermediate level players, who expect a certain something from their horns--something that the Aquila brand of saxes can't deliver on. (Be that intonation, evenness of scale, overall tone, or whatever.)