Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2007-07-26 17:17
Hi David,
That's a very fine cross-section analysis of the Yamaha line of clarinets. It appears that the student line is quite good.
On my CS, I found the standard barrel (just shy of 65mm) a little on the high side. Using a 66mm generic barrel that our own John Butler reamed for me to Moennig specs, the clarinet is just about perfect (the warm weather my be affecting the pitch a great deal though).
A surprising thing though is all of my prized Stowell Wells Schneider B2 MPs sound just great with the CS whereas with my LeBlancs, Selmers, and R13 only one seemed to be distinguish itself. But it is early in the game of choosing the right barrel, MP, and reed combos.
I'm a doubler (Selmer and Yamaha saxes) and the Yamaha CS works well in all of my venues. I have considered selling off my Mark VI saxes and becoming solely a Yamaha player. My questions, as asked before, is "Will the current top-of-the-line Yamaha instruments become the sought after classics of 2040. Too bad I will not know the answer.
HRL
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