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Re: Pros and Cons of Yamaha 450 Clarinet

Author: David H. Kinder
Date: 2023-04-06 22:23

NOLA Ken wrote:

> I think we're getting a bit far from Jacob's original question.
>
> I too considered recommending one of Tom clarinets as an
> all-purpose instrument (marching and/or concert). I own a
> Libertas and it's a great instrument capable of playing at a
> pro level and priced extremely reasonably. My reluctance to
> recommend it to a high school student who might be marching was
> because of the discoloration problem that might appear sometime
> in the three years on the marching field. Young people can be
> very seneitive to appearances. Yes, it can be remedied, but
> it's best done by a tech. I doubt that any high school student
> is up to stripping the instrument down to re-blacken it evenly
> and then reassembling it. For someone who is playing primarily
> indoors or who has ready access to a good tech, I would think
> that one of the Ridenour clarinets would be a better choice
> than the Yamaha 450.

Certainly cannot disagree with you on your points.

I'll just suggest that the discoloration potential issue can easily be taken care of as easily as oiling the outside of a clarinet, which I did to my used R-13 in my senior year of high school a couple of times. It's not a big deal, but I didn't mind experimenting a bit with it. Not every student would feel that way.

Just to share that this is a Ridenour 147 (much older model) that is looking rather green. This could easily be handled with a little bit of stain. But I have seen some Lyrique 576bc clarinets that began to lose a bit of color with exposure to the sunlight, so it can certainly be a real concern for those who don't want to do their own work on it.

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Getting back into playing after 20 years.
Ridenour AureA Bb clarinet
Ridenour Homage mouthpiece
Rovner Versa ligature
Vandoren V12 #3 - #3.5 reeds

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