Klarinet Archive - Posting 000396.txt from 1999/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Plastic Horns
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 22:31:34 -0500

At 07:44 AM 11/10/1999 -0700, Shouryu Nohe wrote:
>I notice that people try to compare the Yamaha plastic models with the
>Vitos...correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding was that these horns
>are actually one and the same due to some partnership between LeBlanc and
>Yamaha.
>
>Yamaha Plastic Clarinet = Vito clarinet stamped with Yamaha name
>Vito Saxophone = Yamaha YS-2x series stamped with Vito name
>
>Or is this not the case at all?
>
Partially true. The YCL-24 II clarinet is essentially a Vito with
different-shaped trill keys, but that model is long out of production.
Parts are mostly interchangeable. Also, for some time, but not currently,
the Vito saxophones were Yamaha YAS-23's with different lacquer and fixed
thumbhooks. I fondly refer to them as "Yamavitos."

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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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