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Clarinet Yamaha YCL-62. Pitch

Author: leolollo
Date: 2020-02-23 02:47

Good morning.

I recently had a Yamaha YCL-62 clarinet (produced between 1979 and 1984).
The clarinet comes with a 66mm barrel, and plays with an excellent general intonation, with the diapason A = 440hz.
I am using the Rico Reserve X10 mouthpiece, and Reserve Classic 3.5 reed.

I would like to know if this clarinet was originally built for 440hz or 442hz tuning forks.
I emailed Yamaha but got no answer

If I wanted to play at 442hz could I get success by trying mouthpiece for european diapason (like a Vandoren 5RV lyre, or Reserve X10E) without changing the barrel?

I read somewhere in the forum that the bore of this clarinet is a bit narrower than the Buffet standard (ycl62 = 14.55mm). I think it is difficult to find barrels with the correct bore today.

I apologize if the language is not perfect. I write from Italy.
Thank you.

Post Edited (2020-02-23 02:50)

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