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Re: Yamahas, Staples, General Confusion

Author: rgombine
Date: 2012-02-11 06:24

Marc

I too came from a Loree to a Yamaha. Frankly a lot of similarities to your story:

Graduated college late 1980's, thought my GT series Loree was a little blown out and so switched to Yamaha around 2006. I struggled mightily w that middle of staff a which I also found flat. I actually turned to David Weber for help and ended up being fairly happy with using his staples and his 1C shape. For me part of the key was to make sure I tied as long as possible (helps keep opening smaller and the reed truer to the demensions of the shaper). I was also careful not to get too aggressive with taking out too much in the "window" area behind the heart -- I took to doing that part last and sparingly, just enough to round out the sound.

As an epilogue, I sold my Yamaha and started playing a Howarth XL last year and I absolutely could not be happier with that decision... The $4000 price differential aside.

So while I think you can find a setup that works, for a certain kind of player with a certain kind of reed, that A is gonna be funky! I think there are solutions but I also think it is an intrinsic characteristic of the instrument.

Hope that helps!

Ross

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