Klarinet Archive - Posting 000163.txt from 2003/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Yamaha YCL-20
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 20:14:06 -0500

At 10:39 PM 12/7/2003 +1000, Dave Appleby wrote:

>Don't know if it will help or hinder, but my local shop (the one I trust) no
>longer sells or rents Yamahas as they have become somewhat displeased with
>(lack of) quality control & instrument durability. Their 2003 catalogue
>still lists a number of Yamaha instruments, so it has been a fairly recent
>change.

The experience in our store has been just the opposite. Yamaha products
show very GOOD quality control, vastly superior to Selmer USA and (former)
UMI products. Durability has been at least equal to the others. No major
problems with Leblanc, either.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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