Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2019-11-26 12:12
I tried a whole lot of Yamaha clarinets and buffets and other things before I found mine. This was a year ago.
It seemed to me that the Yahamas sounded nicest and were best for me ergonomically. I tried working my way up the Yamaha series assuming that they would get gradually better as they got more expensive. However, in my hands, I found that there was no benefit to going above the Yamaha Custom CX, and that the more expensive one above that didn't bring additional benefit. The CX was clearly much better than the 650 both in sound and ergonomics, I thought.
I tried the Buffet equivalents up to the one that was priced at £2400 and the Yamaha CX was still making a much nicer sound and was better ergonomically for me. My husband was there as a second opinion and agreed on the sound.
I spoke to a professional clarinettist in person at the time, who had bought a more expensive Yamaha pair and wished they had bought the CX, which they felt, with hindsight, was actually better, even though it was cheaper.
Hope that helps.
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