Klarinet Archive - Posting 000181.txt from 1998/02

From: "John Gates" <cadenza@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Yamaha clarinets
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 22:55:37 -0500

Of the beginner models do you prefer the YCL 20 or the YCL 24. I find the
20 has a darker tone but, perhaps, inferior key work. comments?
-----Original Message-----
From: Rich & Tani Miller <musicians@-----.net>
Date: Monday, February 02, 1998 6:05 PM
Subject: Yamaha clarinets

>Yes! Finally someone who agrees with me about the feel of Yamaha
>clarinets! I love the beginner level horns. My students who play them
>
>have absolutely no problems with them and they sound pretty good for a
>plastic horn. They stay in adjustment very well-even under the duress
>of beginner abuse. I have a high school student who has an intermediate
>
>model (sorry I don't know model numbers) wooden horn that is also very
>nice. She produces a very delicate, warm sound on this horn (yes I
>know that there is more to sound than the horn--please don't start a
>debate on this). I like the way these horns sound but I really like the
>way the
>key mechanism works. It just . . . feels good, very fluid.
>
>No I would not trade my Buffet R13 for a Yamaha pro horn but I like the
>Yamaha
>intermediate and beginner horns MUCH better than Buffet's intermediate
>and beginner horns. For students who can't afford an R13, these wooden
>horns are a pretty good deal.
>
>A disadvantage to these horns is in getting repair parts which may be a
>problem if you don't have a Yamaha dealer/repairperson in your area.
>However, this dilemma is kind of similar to the dilemma of high cost
>parts for my Volkswagon. If it doesn't break, you don't need parts!
>
>Tani Miller
>
>P.S. Incidently, I started on a Selmer Signet and still have a very
>soft spot for that particular horn too!! I still own it and it still
>plays rather nicely for a plastic horn!
>
>