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yamaha c100 and ycl-250

Author: krainbow921
Date: 2005-06-06 04:23

Hi,

Is the Yamaha YCL-250 the new model name for their older C-100 model?

I would think there are minor upgrades on the newer YCL-250 model, but are they meant to be the same grade/class for beginenrs and students?

I'm a totally new beginner and just wondering in buying a second hand instrument, should i only look at YCL-250 or also consider the C-100 as well.

Thanks alot for any help offered.

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Re: yamaha c100 and ycl-250

Author: David Peacham
Date: 2005-06-06 11:56

I have no idea what a C-100 is. Maybe it's quite an old model?

The YCL-250 was brought out two or three years ago to replace the YCL-26. Well, it was called YCL-26 in the UK. I own one. I think it was YCL-20 in the USA. There are minor differences in different countries; for example, all UK Yamahas have silver-plated keys.

The bottom line is that all Yamaha instruments made in the last decade or more seem to be pretty good. There are some question marks over much older ones. The other issue with a secondhand instrument is, obviously enough, what condition it is in. Are you competent to judge this?

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To the great relief of many of you, no doubt.

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Re: yamaha c100 and ycl-250

Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2005-06-06 14:02

C100 was, over perhaps 10 years or more, the base student model marketed in the Pacific region, and as far as I know, as good as otherwise-named student models marketed elsewhere by Yamaha over the same period. I have worked on hundreds of them and have been very impressed, my only complaint being in the linkage from the F/C key to the F/C lever, which I do a permanent fix on in 10 minutes.

I never did get to the bottom of why they were named differently from the model marketed in USA... perhaps because they did NOT have any USA manufacturing or setting-up input. Other student woodwinds and brass also came under the 100 series naming system.

In 2002 in NZ, the YCL250 replaced it. Stamped on the YCL250 examples I have seen is "Made in Indonesia", whereas the C100 was claimed to be made in Japan.

From what I have seen of these replacements so far, they are up to the standard of the C100.

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Re: yamaha c100 and ycl-250

Author: krainbow921
Date: 2005-06-06 15:07

Thanks alot for the information.

Actually I have been very lucky and was able to buy an 'as new' second hand ycl250 at 60% of the price of a new one. The seller's daughter only learnt 6 lessons and given up.

I am a completely new beginner and have't yet taken any lessons at all (my first lesson start on 18th). The clarinet itself looked 'as new' and made in japan. So I would assume the instrument should be fine. Fingers crossed.

My friend who will be learning with me also needs to buy an instrument. We saw another second hand yamaha, but its model is c100, so thats why I wanted to find out more about the c100 to make sure its appropriate for him.

I'm really looking forward to my first clarinet lesson! =)

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