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Yamaha 34 Clarinet

Author: MusicalAyame09
Date: 2009-01-25 16:41

I have a yamaha 34 clarinet and i want to know how old it is. I bought it used. serial number
027316AII

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Re: Yamaha 34 Clarinet

Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2009-01-25 17:01

I'm not aware of any (publicly available) serial number lists for Yamaha clarinets so I can't pinpoint the date for you but, according to the Yamaha U.S. website, the dates of manufacture for the YCL-34 were 1978 - 2001. Also according to Yamaha, the current equivalent model is the YCL-450. (Though, elsewhere, Yamaha classifies the 34 as a "standard" (student?) model and the 450 as an "intermediate" model.)

Best regards,
jnk

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Re: Yamaha 34 Clarinet

Author: george
Date: 2009-01-25 19:40

I have no idea if there is any rhyme or reason to the serial numbers, but for whatever it's worth, I bought my 34 "new" in 2002, and the serial number
is 049924AII.

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Re: Yamaha 34 Clarinet

Author: Chris P
Date: 2009-01-25 19:59

As Yamaha are a high volume producer, the joints get numbered as part of the machining process and then they get finished in a more random order, so the serial numbers won't always be consecutive or correspond to a particular year.

Unline small volume makers who stamp the serial numbers on each finished instrument so you can find the exact date the instrument was finished on.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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