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Re: Yamaha clarinets

Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2019-11-28 04:59

Plonk,

I have played Yamaha CS Custom clarinets for many years as well as a Yamaha 475 tenor. These are tremendous instruments. I had an older CS Custom that served as my backup for many years and sold it a year ago since I am in the autumn of my playing days (but have a LeBlanc L200 - a rare and wonderful 1980s instrument - as my backup).

The CS Custom that I sold off went for $1250 to a private buyer. It was in perfect condition and had tremendously even intonation and a gorgeous sound. I seem to have been a clarinetist that several years ago "took the path less traveled" in selecting my clarinets by not taking a Selmer or Buffet although I play a Model 65 bass and have owned several Selmer saxes.

Yamaha does an interesting thing with its sax and clarinets in that improvements in the higher priced models slowly filter down to the lower models. I've played 400 and 600 level clarinets and they are really an outstanding value.

HRL

PS I have a Yamaha surround sound speaker system for the living room and several other Yamaha receivers as well. Yamaha does it right although their bass clarinet needs a major upgrade.

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