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Re: Pros and Cons of Yamaha 450 Clarinet

Author: Julian ibiza
Date: 2023-04-06 11:25

I agree that Tom's line of hard rubber clarinets should be up there on the list of options to consider for students/ intermediate players . They are also finding favor with a good many professionals. Leslie Craven (see Wikipedia) played them exclusively in his final years before retirement as 1st clarinet for the National Welsh Opera .

I believe that hard rubber is naturally black after the vulcanizing process although it does indeed derive from a milky plant / tree latex sap containing polymers .
It's tendencies to discoloration relate to the sulfur content which is something added for the chemistry of vucanization .....or so I understand it .

Anyway.... It's resistance to environmental changes , cracking or blowing- out
make it a good material, and Tom R seems to have turned it remarkably well towards producing great performance and sound quality at affordable prices .

He's a man who has pretty much dedicated his life and expertise to the support of clarinet students and is also a remarkably talented designer .

Julian Griffiths
Tel. 34 696 798 853

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