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Author: matthiAS
Date: 2005-05-01 19:03
Hello,
I ordered a Yamaha bassclarinett YCL-221. I am a saxophoneplayer and have not played clarinett for 20 years. In my oppinion the YCL-221 is a good instrument for low budget. But the long B (all keys closed) is extremely high. I cannot get it in tune.
Is it a known problem of the YCL-221? I consider to send back the instrument.
Post Edited (2005-05-01 19:50)
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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-05-01 19:30
matthiAS wrote;
> the note B1 ...
[ Written B1 would be 8 leger lines below the treble clef staff. ![[wink]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie3.gif)
If you are referring to the written B which is one leger line below the treble staff, it is (for convenience sake, on this bulletin board) called B3.
There is a reminder notation at the top of this page - GBK ]
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Author: matthiAS
Date: 2005-05-01 19:52
I changed the topic. Hope you know what I mean now. Should be called B4?
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Author: Low_Reed
Date: 2005-05-01 20:31
The long B (written as middle-of-the-treble-staff B4), played with the register key, just above the throat tones, at the bottom of the clarion) is very sharp on my YCL-221, too. My teacher helped it some with some white plumber's tape around the handle of the bell's tone-hole cover. But too much makes for stuffiness in that beautiful, rich low (chalumeau) register.
My teacher has suggested that I get a repair person to close up that tone hole a little with some tape or fabric or something. I think I'll try this -- that sharp B is beginning to sound natural to me...
By the way, some other intonation problems on my horn went away when I pulled out the middle joint a little bit. And I discovered a neat trick: To keep the middle joint separated just the right amount, I bought and installed a rubber O-ring from the BOTTOM joint as a spacer on the middle joint. (The O-ring is Yamaha part number M9A12830.)
The YCL-221 is a very nice horn, and a great value for the money, in my book.
-- Bruce
**Music is the river of the world!**
-- inspired by Tom Waits and a world full of music makers
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Author: matthiAS
Date: 2005-05-01 20:45
@Low_Reed
Is the B3 (left hand closed + right hand middle finger) on your YCL-221 to high as well and does it sound a bit stuffy?
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Author: Igloo Bob
Date: 2005-05-02 02:31
The extremely sharp B is a common problem on the YCL-221, many have complained about it on the bass clarinet group on yahoo. Otherwise, however, the instrument is very good and IMHO the best student model by far. I find the stuffy B (left hand closed + right hand middle finger) on a lot of low-priced bases, so very unlikely that it's just you or the instrument.
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Author: Low_Reed
Date: 2005-05-02 03:10
MatthiAS,
I just warmed up my YCL-221, then worked on low-register intonation. My B3 is in tune, and not stuffy. (Once I got warmed up, that is. When I first got the horn out, it did sound a little stuffy -- but that might have been due to the power of suggestion!)
-- Bruce
**Music is the river of the world!**
-- inspired by Tom Waits and a world full of music makers
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Author: allencole
Date: 2005-05-02 05:46
I have the same problem with a YCL-221 myself. I like the suggestions that I see from Low Reed and am going to try them myself.
Allen Cole
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