Yamaha YCL CSGLIII Custom Clarinet

Reinventing Tradition

Yamaha reanalyzed and reevaluated literally every single design specification. The bell and the barrel offer a tone of breathtaking richness and depth. The sound is warm yet has a clear focused center surrounded by a wealth of overtones, resulting in extraordinary beauty and expression.

Bell and Barrel: Slightly plump barrel and thick-walled bell produce a deep tone with rich resonance.

Improved key shape with Yamaha original silver-plating: Ergonomically-designed new key shape offer comfortable and natural key touch. Yamaha-original silver-plating is applied on them, allowing a focused and centered sound.

New Eb lever: A newly shaped Eb lever is adopted as a standard, along with the entire mechanism is totally re-designed as well.

Pads made of cork and leather: Cork pads and leather pads are optimally placed to maximize on their tonal quality, touch and functionality.

New toneholes: New toneholes maximize superior tone quality, even intonation and a uniformed response throughout the full range of the instrument.

Low E/F correction key: Yamaha original intonation correction mechanism inspired by the Oehler system (German style) clarinet is available to control low E and F note. This system assures natural finger control, excellent feel and playability.

Specifications: 

Key: Bb

Fingering system: Boehm, 18 keys, 6 rings

Barrel Length: 54 mm, 55 mm

Toneholes: Tapered tone holes with hand-tapered undercut

Body Material: Grenadilla

Keys Material: Silver-plated nickel silver

Mouthpiece: 5CM

Optional: 

Hamilton-Plated Keys: Hamilton-plated keys models are available as optional extra.