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Re: Yamaha new model

Author: Tom Puwalski
Date: 2018-01-22 03:52

The clarinet that Bruce Yeh is playing is a CSVR with the added low f correction. Yamaha will be showing a Altier customized version of of the CSVR. My CSVR A that yamaha added customization.

I played the SE Artist model, I didn't find that it played that differently than the SEVR that I purchased. The differences were mainly cosmetic, i.e. gold or hamilton plated key posts the CSG thumb low F correction and a raised C finger hole.

There is a general trend in clarinets these days. Everybody wants to spend extra money for extra "bling" I don't know what the "street price" for an SE Artist model is but a CSVR or an SEVR sell at the Ellicott City Music and Arts Center for $3080. 300 less than and R13, $800 less than a Silver plated R13. For the $3080 you get a clarinet that you can take out of the case and play a gig on, a clarinet that you don't have to take to the shop and have $450 worth of work done to it before you use it, and a clarinet that plays way better in tune than clarinets costing 2x as much. I know I've recently owned said clarinets.

Tom Puwalski, Yamaha and D'Addario artist, author of the Clarinetists Guide to Klezmer, Klezmer Basic training, and former Principal clarinetist, United States Army Field Band.

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