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Author: rmk54
Date: 2017-10-24 03:02
Strikingly beautiful sound on the Yamaha clarinet, with tonal and dynamic balance on even the widest intervals
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You think that's the clarinet??
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Author: zhangray4
Date: 2017-10-24 03:46
John Yeh plays on Yamaha CSVRs. To get that good of a sound, it takes a good instrument and, more importantly, extremely good skill
-- Ray Zhang
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2017-10-24 04:29
He plays with a double lip too! The Yamaha CSVR's are great horns. The upper register is much easier to play compared to Buffets, as you can hear in this piece.
Anyway, a great performance. I'm glad he recommended the horns to me! Thanks John!
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
Yamaha Artist 2015
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Author: KaiLiau
Date: 2017-10-24 17:12
Second that his wonderful sound has little to do with the equipment. However, the clarinet used in this performance seems to be the SE-Artist model with the diamond shaped emblem on the upper joint, gold(ish) rings on the barrel, and the low E/F correction mechanism. I don't think the artist model is available in US yet.
https://jp.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/winds/clarinets/ycl-se_artistmodel/index.html
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2017-10-24 21:24
He's using the CSVR's at the moment. With a RD5 mouthpiece. As far as I know. As of about 2 months ago.
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
Yamaha Artist 2015
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Author: seabreeze
Date: 2017-10-24 21:43
To clear up any confusion, I emailed John Yeh and he kindly replied that in this performance of the Weber Quintet "I used a Yamaha SEV-KF model, I believe this is what they call the Artist Model these days. The KF model was very colorful and light for Solo and chamber music purposes. I loved it when I first tried it. I believe [the] CSVR clarinets have a slightly deeper and more stable sound, able to project well [in the] orchestra."
The Yamaha SEV-KF model was never available in the US. It was designed in collaboration with Japanese clarinetist Kazuo Fujii. Before Yeh switched to the Yamaha CSVR, the SEV-KF was his main clarinet.
Post Edited (2017-10-24 21:51)
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Author: Jeroen
Date: 2017-10-24 23:46
Not to mention that he was using the Silverstein Cryo 4 ligature... :-)
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2017-10-25 06:06
Very cool!
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
Yamaha Artist 2015
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