Klarinet Archive - Posting 000131.txt from 1994/11

From: GILLMAN <E5305005@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: yet another introduction!!!
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 08:06:30 -0500

>> #2. I would like to buy a new clarinet, but considering I am merely in
>>this
>> as a hobby and I also have limited funds, I don't want to get a really
>> expensiveone. Can anyone recommend a low to mid-priced clarinet for me?
>
>You could try a Yamaha 52. It is a wooden clarinet, one step below the
>YCL-72 (which is what I play), but I've seen several that my students

I too would very much reccommend a Yamaha. While I have never played a Yamaha
Clarinet, every one I have heard (IMHO) sounded much better and seemded to play
much easier than other instruments of a comparable price range. I own a Yamaha
Tenor Sax and have been thrilled with it. Actually, come to think of it I did
play a Yamaha clarinet once. Something happened to my Selmer on the day of an
audition. I borrowed a friend's Yamaha, and barely noticed the difference.
(then again I'm the one who plays every reed no matter how bad it is. ;^))
Anyway, (again IMHO) Yamaha makes good (well thought out) solid instruments
that are both built to last and to sound good.

Luis Handal
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