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Re: Yinfente Rosewood Clarinets

Author: MusicallyMrM
Date: 2022-09-24 21:09

.......I see that no one posted in regard to trying one of the Yinfente Clarinets. Well let me be the first to say that in 2022 (old post I know), these horns are not bad at all. A caveat; you might find a bad one in every 10-20. As a band director though, I find the same statistics when you look at horns coming through the Conn-Selmer conglomerate (used to be UMI) and even the entry level Buffet stuff and Jupiter. Just the nature of the beast I guess.

Biggest issue for me with the Yinfente is that some of them exacerbate the intonation problems of the clarinet in general in the throat register (G#, A, Bb etc) Some are worse than others but not bad for essentially stencil instruments built for a myriad of distributors. I have a rosewood one with the gold plating as well as grenadilla pro example and both do extremely well for me. (By the way, I also play a vintage 10G Selmer and a recent purchase, an R13 Greenline-should have purchased a Uebel)

Even in comparison to my high end instruments and over 40 years as a professional clarinetist, these are not bad at all. I wouldn't subject them to the rigors of Marching Band or younger beginners. But for the money, they are decent quality and a good buy.

Post Edited (2022-09-25 08:32)

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