Klarinet Archive - Posting 000548.txt from 2000/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] taking up the clarinet again
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 10:56:25 -0400

At 10:39 AM 8/19/2000 -0400, Patty Smith wrote:
>One of my students plays on a YCL24 (I hope the number is correct) - the
>beginner horn Yamaha makes. It plays fairly well, and would also be
>suitable if you don't want to chunk down a lot of money at the get go.

Yamaha's standard models are the YCL-20 (plastic) and YCL-34 (wood). They
did at one time market a YCL-24 II. Oddly enough, this was actually a Vito
with differently-sculpted trill keys! Yamaha's plastic bass clarinets are
still Vitos with leather pads, not that that is a bad thing. Olds bass
clarinets also appear to be Vitos. Yamaha has made a lot of Holton brass
for Leblanc, and even Bach low brass for Selmer. The stencil tradition is
alive and well in the band instrument business!

Bill Hausmann NEW ADDRESS: bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

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

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