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Tony Shep
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Hi
I made a few posts recently about learning to play my partners alto with a view to mixing into baritone
I was undecided as to what stage I would move over, but I was kind of pushed when a Yamaha YBS32 came up for sale
I was hoping to pick up a yana’ or Yamaha as I know these are regarded as the benchmark for ‘intermediate’ baritones but seemed out of reach with prices around 4K and beyond so this was in budget, with some in reserve, just in case
I know these don’t come up to often and the price was good, but the risk was high as it was from a ‘general instrument and pro audio’ reseller so I knew it wouldn’t have been checked, so I did budget for that
It looks to be in good ‘visual’ condition
I set the mouthpiece up, a Yamaha 5C with one of the reeds that came with it, vandoren java 2 (it also had Royal 3’s in the case) and starting to play some scales
I struggled as the notes got lower, thinking I wasn’t supply enough air, the notes I could play sounded good, I was making that sound a baritone is known for, it’s a good feeling 😊
The problem wasn’t me, I spotted it fairly quickly, the low D key isn’t closing the pad fully, there’s a very visible gap!
So we will call our tech today and see when we can get it in, I did plan for a service anyway
I’ll get a video so you can see what I mean
Thanks
Tony
I made a few posts recently about learning to play my partners alto with a view to mixing into baritone
I was undecided as to what stage I would move over, but I was kind of pushed when a Yamaha YBS32 came up for sale
I was hoping to pick up a yana’ or Yamaha as I know these are regarded as the benchmark for ‘intermediate’ baritones but seemed out of reach with prices around 4K and beyond so this was in budget, with some in reserve, just in case
I know these don’t come up to often and the price was good, but the risk was high as it was from a ‘general instrument and pro audio’ reseller so I knew it wouldn’t have been checked, so I did budget for that
It looks to be in good ‘visual’ condition
I set the mouthpiece up, a Yamaha 5C with one of the reeds that came with it, vandoren java 2 (it also had Royal 3’s in the case) and starting to play some scales
I struggled as the notes got lower, thinking I wasn’t supply enough air, the notes I could play sounded good, I was making that sound a baritone is known for, it’s a good feeling 😊
The problem wasn’t me, I spotted it fairly quickly, the low D key isn’t closing the pad fully, there’s a very visible gap!
So we will call our tech today and see when we can get it in, I did plan for a service anyway
I’ll get a video so you can see what I mean
Thanks
Tony
