Klarinet Archive - Posting 000019.txt from 1997/10

From: "maybe Starr,maybe John" <starrs@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Yamaha YCL 81
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 19:16:51 -0400

Thanks for the info.
Starr

Gary Hopkins wrote:
>
> 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
> >
> >