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Clarinet

Yamaha YCL-650

Name: Yamaha YCL-650
Brand: Yamaha

Yamaha · YCL-650 Professional Bb Clarinet

Price: 837 EUR – 900 EUR

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Availability: 2/10 (Very rare)

A discontinued Japanese professional clarinet built entirely from hand-selected, seasoned Grenadilla wood, offering a genuine alternative to the French professional makers at a comparatively accessible price when new.

Where available? Go to the best price – 837 EUR About this instrument

About the Yamaha YCL-650

The YCL-650 carries Böhm-system keywork across 17 keys and 6 rings, machined from nickel silver and finished in silver plate, mounted on a body, barrel and bell all made from carefully seasoned and hand-finished Grenadilla. Its tone holes are tapered inset type with tapered undercut, hand-worked for precise intonation rather than machine-cut alone, and the bell includes an added resonance chamber specifically engineered to improve projection and low-register intonation.

It ships with a Yamaha 4CM hard rubber mouthpiece, silver-plated ligature, blue steel needle springs, and Lucien deluxe double-skin pads - a complete professional-tier package that made it a respected choice among players who wanted an alternative to the dominant French makers without sacrificing build quality.

Where to buy

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Sound character of the Yamaha YCL-650

An all-Grenadilla body carried through barrel and bell gives the YCL-650 a dense, warm fundamental with strong harmonic content, and the added bell resonance chamber specifically targets stronger projection and cleaner intonation in the low register where cheaper bass-heavy passages often turn muddy. Hand-worked, tapered-undercut tone holes keep that richness even and centered rather than uneven across the break.

Warm Resonant Full-bodied

Technical data for the Yamaha YCL-650

Body/Barrel/Bell	Hand-finished Grenadilla
Keys/Rings	17/6, Böhm system
Keywork	Silver-plated nickel silver
Mouthpiece	Yamaha 4CM
Pads	Lucien deluxe double-skin

Price history for the Yamaha YCL-650

Cheapest seen: 837 EUR · Most expensive seen: 900 EUR

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The history of the Yamaha YCL-650

Now discontinued, the YCL-650 represented Yamaha's flagship professional Bb clarinet for years and remains actively sought after on the used market for its all-Grenadilla, hand-finished construction.