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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2009-05-09 04:33
Any info on a Yamaha 32II model clarinet? I think it's not made anymore. I guess it's some sort of intermediate model but I didn't find anything searching here.
Thanks.
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Author: soybean
Date: 2009-05-09 08:00
I believe this is the earlier version of what is now called the YCL-34/34II.
~Dan
(Leblanc Bliss, Buffet R13 key of A, Yamaha 250 Bb)
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2009-05-09 08:37
The person who told me remembered wrong, now I see the clarinet is a model 34II. It doesn't look like 34 is made anymore. Is this the previous model equivilent to what is now the 450 model?
The pads are leather pads but they are very dark. Did Yamaha ever make clarinets with those pads, or any leather pads (i.e. is it possible they are original)?
Post Edited (2009-05-09 10:09)
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2009-05-09 10:20
The 32II is now the 450.
Yamaha never fitted leather pads in their clarinets (apart from German Boehms, German and Oehlers, basses and possibly altos), so I'd suspect this has had a repad. The 34II dates back to the mid-'80s, so your 34II could be 20-25 years old.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2009-05-09 16:45
Chris..do you have any formula on how Yamaha used to number their clarinets..yet again why 32 and 32II desiginates..?
David Dow
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Author: soybean
Date: 2009-05-09 17:33
Usually, Yamaha uses the II designation to indicate they made some improvements but not enough to merit a new model number. If you search around on Yamaha's website, you can usually find the older discontinued models. For instance:
http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail.html?CNTID=596
~Dan
(Leblanc Bliss, Buffet R13 key of A, Yamaha 250 Bb)
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2009-05-12 14:34
As mentioned above it is now called the 450 and was a best-seller for Yamaha for years and years. I used to buy them for students (the 34II) all the time and even had one as a back-up for myself at one time. They were recommended in my city by the band directors because they were a pretty good wood clarinet at a reasonable price and lasted pretty well on kids that played 5 or 6 years in school.
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