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Advice on buying used Yamaha 450N

Author: TheOtherJon
Date: 2016-09-07 05:49

Hello guys (and gals),

This may be a silly question to ask and it is far from a technical one, but here goes:

I bought a Yamaha 250 a few years back just to test the waters and see if I enjoyed playing the clarinet. Well I do, and would like to upgrade to a (used) 450N. My question is, did they redesign the case at any point? Most of the 450Ns I'm seeing come in a very square, boxy case with angular corners, with the slots for the barrel and mouthpiece oriented diagonally in the case.

Then sometimes I'll see them in a (Yamaha-branded) case with the mouthpiece slot oriented vertically and the barrel slot oriented horizontally. Does this mean at some point a replacement case was purchased? I don't mind not having the original case, it just makes me worry about the barrel not being original, and also makes me wonder how well-cared-for the instrument was.

I hope that's not a weird question, and I thank anyone who could shed some light on that.

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