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Re: Top 8 Clarinets Of 2017...

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-09-03 20:09

Seeing as Yamaha offer the YCL-450NM with a sleeved top joint bore, why not offer that on high end models like they do with their 400 (cast resin lining) and 800 (ebonite sleeved) Duet+ series oboes?

Bushed toneholes only go so far to preventing cracks running across them when they do crack, but lining the top joint bore adds further durability.

That's a much better compromise than an entirely synthetic top joint as it's the best of both worlds - the tensile strength of wood (especially the middle tenon which is notoriously weak on synthetic instruments) and the imperviousness of the synthetic sleeve.

https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/winds/clarinets/ycl-450nm/index.html

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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