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Author: Ben Shaffer
Date: 2019-02-17 20:00
Quick question.
I may be picking up a Yamaha YCL250 for outside work.
I notice that it was made in Indonesia.
Seems most of the Plastic Yamahas I've seen were made in Japan.
Is the quality good or equal to the quality of the Horns made in japan?
Thanks!
Ben
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Author: RKing
Date: 2019-02-17 21:48
My YCL-255 was made in Indonesia and it works fine. Yamaha has one of the best QC processes that I have seen in the music industry, IMHO. It seems like every Yamaha sax or clarinet I have seen played great right out of the box.
I also use my 255 for outdoor gigs and it plays very well for me.
Cheers,
Ron
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2019-02-18 03:23
The manufacture of Yamaha's student woodwind instruments moved from Japan to Indonesia quite a few years back.
labour costs in Indonesia are far lower than in Japan.
I agree that the Quality control of Yamaha is probably one of, if not the best in the industry. However in my view the quality of the Indonesia made instruments is not up to the standard of those made in Japan.
As a UK based repairer I tended to see a lot more of their flutes than their clarinets. The mechanical requirements and adjustments of a flute are rather more critical than on the clarinet, and without a doubt the Japanse made flutes were better, and more consistently made.
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Author: Ursa
Date: 2019-02-18 16:55
If you're willing to consider an older Yamaha model, I would suggest investigating the YCL-20. I play a Japan-built 20 as my outdoors clarinet and find that it offers superior projection versus the 250. It's the best clarinet for outdoors playing that I've come across, and I've owned most of the usual suspects: Vito V-40, Vito 7214, Bundy 1400, Backun Alpha, Ridenour RCP-576BC, among others.
I've found the plastic used to build the 20 is very, very stable. It does not expand or contract nearly as much as the Vitos I once owned and, as such, the keywork can be regulated with a lot less slop needed to accommodate thermal variances.
If your local music store rents out Yamahas, chances are they'll have a few--and perhaps a few dozen--on hand.
Post Edited (2019-02-18 16:58)
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