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Re: Yamaha Barrels

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2023-05-30 22:53

I believe you are referring to the Yamaha CSGs. The concept was to emulate the bore of German clarinets......a little. The top joint is longer and the barrels are 54-57mm long (roughly). The CSG also has a bore at the bottom that flares closer to the bell than a typical Boehm. I think this was a mistake because the tuning is lower for the low E and low F. Until they came up with the low vent key, the A clarinet was very hard to play up to pitch down there.

All the other Yamahas (as far as I know) have standard length barrels (I've seen the SEVs in person and can attest to them).

..............Paul Aviles

Post Edited (2023-05-31 05:28)

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