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Author: Vytas
Date: 2002-04-12 03:12
Can anyone please tell me the difference between Yamaha YCL-26, a YCL-24, and a YCL-20 model? TIA
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-04-12 03:17
Have you tried
http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/winds/index.htm
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Author: Carol
Date: 2002-04-12 03:31
I have been wondering this as well.
I noticed that some of Yamaha's also have the "II" designation as well. For example, YCL-26II, YCL-34II.
The web page referred to by Diz was not much help.
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-04-12 03:34
Yes - but it does have contact information - didn't think I needed to spell that out.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2002-04-12 06:36
Carol, explore the site a bit. Like - hit the Yamaha button, worldwide directory, and then figure out where you'd like to look up. Telephone numbers & addresses are right there.
Don't be afraid of exploring on the Web. You can always get off the highway and come back to where you were.
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Author: Mitch A
Date: 2002-04-12 13:57
I call the players/salespeople at WW&BW. With minor exceptions they have been very helpful, even when I asked about stuff they don't sell. I was considering mpcs.... I was steered away from the high-priced models and was told to try a John Pierce (for jazz) at $55.00. She was right.
Mitch
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Author: A David Peacham
Date: 2002-04-12 19:36
My clarinet is a Yamaha YCL26 II MS UK.
So far as I can work out, that translates as:
Y for Yamaha
CL for clarinet
26 is the model number
II means it's Mark 2
M for matt finish plastic
S for silver-plated keys
UK for United Kingdom
I have vaguely heard of the YCL24 and YCL20, but I don't think they are sold in England. I wonder whether they may be models made (or at least assembled) in the USA for the US market. Despite the UK designation, I think my clarinet is entirely made in Japan.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2002-04-13 01:25
That is my understanding of it too, unless 24 or 20 were predecescors of 26.
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Author: Martin
Date: 2002-04-13 13:07
The YCL 20 is sold in the U.S. I have a YCL 26 purchased in Great Britain. I have not been able to find the 26 in music stores in the U.S. The 26 has an adjustable thumb rest and is silver plated. I believe the 20 only comes nickel plated with a stationary thumbrest.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2002-04-13 14:26
The 26 in my catalogue, and the many that have come here from Japan, have fixed thumb rest and nickel plated keys, straight tone holes with tpered undercut, ABS body.
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Author: A David Peacham
Date: 2002-04-15 19:41
My YCL26, like Martin's, has silver-plated keywork and an adjustable thumbrest. I can't comment knowledgeably on the toneholes; to my untutored eye, they are just holes. (I know what undercut means, I think, but can't recognise it in practice.)
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