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Time to Replace my CS Custom

Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2014-04-20 16:30

Hi All,

Well, almost 7 years have passed since I began playing my Yamaha CS Custom clarinet and this thread was active. My clarinet is still a marvelous instrument but I think I am ready for a new one since I have a big birthday coming (all of them are big at my age...).

Here is the old thread http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=251128&t=251128

Specifically, there are a couple of notes that I am just not happy with even after my very skilled tech has worked with pad height. I can't see spending a lot more money to fix something that 99.9% of the time is not a real problem. But the intonation on the instrument is outstanding from top to bottom. Better to pass this instrument to another person and use the money toward a new clarinet.

I think the Yamaha CSV Custom is my starting place; I'm a jazz, pit, wind ensemble player. Is anyone playing that particular model now? All the reviews I see on it are usually 5*.

Cheers,

Hank

PS As I said earlier in the original thread, I'm a very capable player that can probably not squeeze every nuance out of a $5-6K instrument. I still have my LeBlanc L200 as a backup.

Post Edited (2016-11-10 17:56)

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