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RE: Yamaha & Buffet Plastic Clarinet Review

Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2000-12-01 14:51

As a repair tech, I have some notes as follows:
B12: Cork glue fails - dry and brittle. Keys bend very easily. Synthetic tenon cork which has too much friction and does not retain cork grease to overcome this friction. Sloppy pivot screw that wobble, making linkages unreliable. Brittle membrane on pads. Loose post. Oh dear! Not a happy list!
Yamaha. I have encountered only one small problem. Where the left hand F/C lever links to the right hand F/C key there is a silencing 'cork' . The geometry of the keys is such that the cork gets chewed off. I permanently correct this in about 10 minutes by using a much thinner, super strong material instead of the cork, and filling the resulting gap with a small sheet of silver inconspicuously soldered on the f/C key's arm to bring it closer to the lever where they meet.
It is a great clarinet. As with almost all new instruments, some adjustments are warranted.

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