I have taken the plunge and made a decision on 50% of my current instrument needs, and with any luck tomorrow I'll be taking delivery of a second hand Yamaha YCL 650.
Bought from fleabay for £650, a number I'm trying to not think too hard about, it's apparently two years old, but has not been played in the last year. Prior to this I've been playing a plastic Jupiter 631 and not worrying about things like drying out, heat or cold. Elsewhere on the forums I read that wooden Clarinets should have a sort of running in process, I would be very grateful if someone could advise me on this, and also on ways to lessen the impact of temperature changes - it will have to sit in my van all day when I have lessons and that can be awful cold, and less often by far, pretty toasty.
Thanks in advance for any help, now I can turn my full attention to finding the right Tenor Sax, just missed out on a YTS 23 on gumtree :-(
Bought from fleabay for £650, a number I'm trying to not think too hard about, it's apparently two years old, but has not been played in the last year. Prior to this I've been playing a plastic Jupiter 631 and not worrying about things like drying out, heat or cold. Elsewhere on the forums I read that wooden Clarinets should have a sort of running in process, I would be very grateful if someone could advise me on this, and also on ways to lessen the impact of temperature changes - it will have to sit in my van all day when I have lessons and that can be awful cold, and less often by far, pretty toasty.
Thanks in advance for any help, now I can turn my full attention to finding the right Tenor Sax, just missed out on a YTS 23 on gumtree :-(