Clarinet
Yamaha YCL-62
Price: 132 EUR – 999 EUR
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A short-production Japanese professional clarinet from the mid-1980s, made from rich Grenadilla wood and regarded by players and repair technicians as a genuine rival to Buffet's R13 at the time.
About the Yamaha YCL-62
Produced only from around 1985 to 1987, the YCL-62 was Yamaha's answer to the dominant French professional clarinet, built from carefully seasoned Grenadilla with silver-plated keywork intended to compete directly with Buffet's R13 on tone and response rather than positioning itself as a budget alternative. Its short production run means original examples are relatively scarce today compared to Yamaha's longer-running professional models.
Because of that scarcity and the reputation it built among players and repair technicians who worked on it during and after its production years, the YCL-62 has become something of a collector's instrument on the used market - sought out specifically by players wanting a well-regarded 1980s Yamaha professional clarinet rather than a currently produced model.
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Sound character of the Yamaha YCL-62
As a solid-Grenadilla professional clarinet built specifically to rival the Buffet R13's tonal warmth and response, the YCL-62 carries the same dense, resonant, wood-driven character prized on classic French-style professional instruments, rather than the brighter, thinner voice of a student-grade plastic clarinet.
Technical data for the Yamaha YCL-62
| Body | Grenadilla wood |
|---|---|
| Keywork | Silver-plated |
| Production | c. 1985-1987 |
| Level | Professional |
| Origin | Japan |
Price history for the Yamaha YCL-62
Cheapest seen: 132 EUR · Most expensive seen: 999 EUR
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The history of the Yamaha YCL-62
Made for a brief window in the mid-1980s, the YCL-62 earned a reputation as a genuine professional-tier alternative to the Buffet R13 before Yamaha moved on to its later Custom-series clarinets.
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