Cool Custom Yamaha- based on a student model! YSL-852
- Burgerbob
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Just picked this up from eBay, another one of the top-end Japanese only market horns from the '80s.
If you look closely, you can see all the giveaways- trapezoidal ferrules, real nickel oversleeves on the slide, trim rings on all tuning slide tubes, the works.
And yet the basis is the (admittedly excellent) 352 student model .500/8" trombone.
Valve section measures at .5285, just a titch under the 3B/F .530 rotor and tubing. The valve of course is very well made- notice the half-mechanical/half-string linkage.
Despite the looks, it's actually in quite good shape- no stocking wear or big dings. Color me surprised. I'll be removing the lacquer and polishing it up, I think!
I haven't had a chance to really use it yet- I'll give it a shot at work and see how it stacks up to my 3B/F. I've had a friend play it already and he liked it quite a lot! First impressions for me is that it blows quite well, with a better valve register than my 3B/F, but more zing all around.
If you look closely, you can see all the giveaways- trapezoidal ferrules, real nickel oversleeves on the slide, trim rings on all tuning slide tubes, the works.
And yet the basis is the (admittedly excellent) 352 student model .500/8" trombone.
Valve section measures at .5285, just a titch under the 3B/F .530 rotor and tubing. The valve of course is very well made- notice the half-mechanical/half-string linkage.
Despite the looks, it's actually in quite good shape- no stocking wear or big dings. Color me surprised. I'll be removing the lacquer and polishing it up, I think!
I haven't had a chance to really use it yet- I'll give it a shot at work and see how it stacks up to my 3B/F. I've had a friend play it already and he liked it quite a lot! First impressions for me is that it blows quite well, with a better valve register than my 3B/F, but more zing all around.
- Burgerbob
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[quote="Posaunus"]<QUOTE author="Burgerbob" post_id="250087" time="1723065950" user_id="3131">
trapezoidal ferrules [/quote]
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trapezoidal ferrules [/quote]
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- Posaunus
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Thanks Aidan. I see them (the trapezoidal ferrules) now. Japanese models only?
- Burgerbob
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[quote="Posaunus"]Thanks Aidan. I see them (the trapezoidal ferrules) now. Japanese models only?[/quote]
Yes, as far as I know these are only on the Custom horns (and some other top-end stuff from the same time period- my friend has Schilke trombone #2, which was made largely with Yamaha parts, with the same ferrules)
Yes, as far as I know these are only on the Custom horns (and some other top-end stuff from the same time period- my friend has Schilke trombone #2, which was made largely with Yamaha parts, with the same ferrules)
- Doug_Elliott
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Cool horn.
- Hamby86
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It would be neat to document or video the process of cleaning this one up. I know I'd learn a thing or two for sure.
- RJMason
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Super cool horn! Thinking of getting a valve on my 891ZD. If it doesn’t click for you I’d be very interested!
- Burgerbob
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[quote="Hamby86"]It would be neat to document or video the process of cleaning this one up. I know I'd learn a thing or two for sure.[/quote]
I'll do what I can... when I'm out there in the sun spraying oven cleaner I'm not usually very inclined to take videos or photos haha! But it would be a good idea, you're right.
I'll do what I can... when I'm out there in the sun spraying oven cleaner I'm not usually very inclined to take videos or photos haha! But it would be a good idea, you're right.
- sirisobhakya
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- Joined: Jun 11, 2018
JDM Yamahas have always been interesting. It is quite disappointing that their tenor offers in international market are just a bunch of large bore trying to be Bach-like, and a few jazz horns.