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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2019-12-12 00:51
Tom, good questions.
Yes the Yamaha's play pretty darn well right out of the case. We know Buffet's often need work, when new. But not the Yamaha's. They all play really well. You don't have to sift through 10 horns to find that 1 good one. I really appreciate this Yamaha workmanship.
The thing I don't like too much are the pads in the upper register, they seal great, but feel spongy so I do my own repairs and I put cork pads on. The harder pad also helped with the sound. Other than that I looked around for a better in tune barrel for the A clarinet and finally got one from Yamaha that works well.
I'm playing on the CSVR's. The horns don't really need anything else done to them. You may like the softer leather pads on the upper register joint. Most players are very happy with the horn, as is. This was my choice to use cork pads and I'd change to cork pads on the upper joint on any horn.
The sound is a bit different compared to Buffet R-13's and I actually prefer this sound. It took about 3 weeks to learn how to blow through the horn. Once you adjust to it I'm sure you will love the horns. The altissimo took a few days to enjoy. It's so free and easy to play up there, compared to Buffet. There isn't that Fear Factor of over blowing some of these notes and hitting the overtones. You can attack these notes and not squeak.
Well these are my findings. This is why I am with this company for life.
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
Yamaha Artist 2015
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