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Re: Yamaha YCL-32 or YCL-33?

Author: donald
Date: 2023-07-30 19:07

I have had 2 YCL 33s come across my path in the last few months and was super impressed by the build and intonation. The tone, not quite so much, but still better than your average plastic student horn, a little "characterless" compared to my Buffet Festival.
However, the tone was very even throughout the registers, the intonation still had the typical issues that even the most expensive Boehm system clarinet share but was definitely (measurably) better than the stock R13s off the shelf at the local store. At $500 NZ$ for my student, a total STEAL

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