Klarinet Archive - Posting 000014.txt from 1997/10

From: Gary Hopkins <ghopkins@-----.net>
Subj: RE: re: Yamaha YCL 81
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 17:06:43 -0400

The YCL-81 was the top of the line in the late 70's (before the YCL-72 came
out). I think there was a YCL-85 as well, but I don't remember what the
difference was. Prior to the YCL-81 was the YCL-61. I see one of those
occasionally come thru our repair shop.

Gary

At 01:44 PM 10/1/97 CST, you wrote:
>I thought the Yamaha 72 was the top pro model. Oh well, I haven't looked
>much into that for awhile. I was told by a Yamaha rep. once that the
>"custom" was what they called some of the models that were sold over seas
>and they were considering putting them on the U.S. market. The main difference
>was in the cut and bore size. They found that larger bore sold better in
>some countries......smaller bore in others such as the U.S.
>When did they come out with this 81?
>
>Sean Talbot
>UW-Whitewater
>talbotse12@-----.edu
>
>