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Re: YCL-SEV vs YCL-CSG

Author: Franklin Liao
Date: 2010-06-25 19:15

I made a mistake with my earlier view...

One should not be fooled like I have into thinking that this is really a German straight bore derivative, and for that matter, one cannot really get a grasp of a German style clarinet without having a German setup.

CSG is ultimately still a French Boehm instrument. I have forgotten the golden rule that it's mostly in the embouchure, the reed and the mouthpiece before the instrument itself comes into play. I apologize for this lapse of judgment.

I must add that the Lucien Deluxe pads used for Yamaha CSG basically means that you will have to shell out money for factory parts if you want to keep those resonators. I contacted Yamaha 24/7 about them.

One interesting tidbit is that it should be technically possible to outfit your CSG with a Eb lever. Yamaha does not use an additional post for that left hand lever. After studying the parts manual, I managed to understand that Yamaha merely swapped out 2 keys and 1 lever so facilitate the Eb lever.

The parts of course would have to be match the plating, since it would look too suspicious if otherwise. Hamilton I have no idea how one would replicate as the very definition of the gold nickel plating is not concrete.

What is rather strange however would be in the absolute lack of interest to make this 'option' widely available...

Post Edited (2010-06-25 21:08)

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