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A Stunning Semi-professional Clarinet for Advancing Players





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Are you ready to step up from your student model clarinet? The Yamaha YCL-450N is one of the finest intermediate clarinets available, presenting a host of professional-grade features that will help cultivate your developing skills. Blending high-tech manufacturing techniques with traditional quality, the Yamaha YCL-450N offers a gorgeous tone, exquisite playability, and a durable design that will serve you well for years. Like the company's professional instruments, the Yamaha YCL-450N features a grenadilla wood body, barrel, and bell, which exude richness and warmth. Nickel-plated keys with Lucien pads are ready to respond to every flourish, and a fixed thumb rest provides a comfortable hold. Additionally, the Yamaha YCL-450N comes with a 4C mouthpiece and plush-lined CLC-180 carrying case.





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Classic grenadilla wood body and Lucien pads





Grenadilla is the material of choice for professional-grade clarinets, due to its dense grain, moisture-repellent qualities, eye-catching look, and warm tone. Like Yamaha’s Professional Series clarinets, the Yamaha YCL-450N is crafted from this classic tonewood. The YCL-450N’s grenadilla body is populated with 17 durable nickel-plated keys, which are fitted with Lucien deluxe double skin pads ? a favorite among clarinet players at Sweetwater ? to provide you with a dynamic feel and reliable performance. Moreover, the YCL-450N sports straight tone holes with a tapered undercut, ensuring optimum intonation and a uniform response up and down the instrument.





A step-up clarinet with professional appointments





Beyond the grenadilla body, barrel, and bell, and superior nickel-plated keys, the Yamaha YCL-450N boasts several pro-quality employments: blue steel needle springs are on deck to give you a smoother feel and swift action; a newly designed 65mm barrel upgrades your tone; and the YCL-450N’s bell shape is inspired by Yamaha’s world-class Custom V clarinets. When you get your hands on the YCL-450 for the first time, you’ll be blown away by its exquisite feel and sound. It’s the perfect instrument for taking your playing to the next level.





Yamaha Intermediate Series brass and woodwind





Yamaha is committed to supporting you at every step of your musical journey. Their Intermediate Series brass and woodwind instruments are an ideal bridge between their Standard Series instruments for students and beginners and their Professional and Custom Series instruments for advanced players. Yamaha Intermediate Series brass and woodwind instruments guarantee easy playability as you expand your technical repertoire while providing professional touches that allow you to further explore the limits of your instrument and grow as a musician. A favorite choice of music educators, the Yamaha Intermediate Series offers superior-quality step-up brass and woodwind instruments guaranteed to inspire!





Yamaha YCL-450N Intermediate Clarinet Features:


Bb clarinet with Boehm key system, featuring 17 keys and 6 rings


Classic grenadilla wood body, barrel, and bell provide a rich, warm tone


65mm barrel enables players to easily produce a clean and focused tone


Nickel-plated keys and Lucien deluxe double skin pads deliver reliable performance


Straight tone holes with tapered undercut for optimum intonation and uniform response


Includes a 4C mouthpiece ? an ideal choice for developing players


Comes with a Yamaha CLC-180 semi-hard case