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Re: "Grainy" wood

Author: Musikat
Date: 2023-06-19 18:16

I have two R13s. The Bb (vintage 1977) didn't crack until about 5 years or so after I picked it back up after a 9 year break. I didn't know anything about "re-breaking" it in, and I probably didn't even break it in properly to begin with. I marched with that thing in high school! dumb, I know. I don't know what caused it to eventually crack but it could be any number of things (air conditioning in a theater, dryness, blowing into it when it was too cold because I didn't know not to. who knows? The A (1978) has never cracked.

The wood on both Buffets is so dense it looks almost plastic. My Uebel Superior is a little more grainy than the Buffets, but the Yamaha is definitely way more grainy than any of the others. I will have my tech look at it, but from what I can tell in pictures online of the same instrument and other Yamahas, it may be that they just have grainier looking wood in general and mine just happens to fall naturally at a couple of tone holes. I'll just have to keep an eye on it.

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