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 Marketing HooHa -- new Yamaha clarinets
Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date:   2004-10-21 17:38

Most of us who attended ClarinetFest this year have by now probably received a promotional pamphlet from Yamaha regarding their new clarinet model. It claims to be a 'revolutionary redesign' of the instrument with increased projection and dynamic range by virtue of:

1) A special alloy plating of the keywork;
2) A longer upper joint and corresponding shorter barrel (aftermarket barrel makers take note --- here's a chance to sell a whole new range of barrels in the ~56mm length range!).
2) A bell without a metal ring (gee, there's a new idea)

Give me a break................

I really feel sorry for the major clarinet manufacturers -- to stay in business they have to sell new 'spins' of a design which hasn't changed essentially in more than 80 years, to a shrinking market, against a tidal wave of low-cost Asian manufacturing competition. Can't be a fun gig these days for Buffet, Yamaha, Selmer-Leblanc-Steinway, etc.
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