Yamaha YCL-CSGL Bb and A Clarinet Pair, 19 Key

Name: Yamaha YCL-CSGL Bb and A Clarinet Pair, 19 Key
Brand: Yamaha
Price: 8648 USD
Availability: Discontinued

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Key Features

Matching clarinets provide consistent feel
Correction lever provides smoother technical transitions and added left-hand support
Thick-walled bells deliver warm tone with focused projection
Hand-undercut tone holes provide balanced intonation and even response
Grenadilla bodies produce rich overtones with refined tonal clarity

Yamaha YCL-CSGL Bb and A Clarinet Pair, 19 Key Overview

The Yamaha YCL-CSGL Bb and A Clarinet Pair, 19 Key is suited to advanced players performing demanding orchestral and solo repertoire. Yamaha redesigned the CSG series to improve tonal depth, response, and playing comfort across both instruments. Grenadilla bodies, slightly fuller barrels, and thick-walled bells combine to create a warm, centred sound with detailed overtones and dependable projection.

Both clarinets feature silver-plated keywork for a smooth, responsive feel and a traditional professional appearance. The 19-key configuration includes a correction lever, giving you additional left-hand support for more secure fingering transitions and greater control during technical passages. Hand-undercut tone holes improve tuning consistency and response between registers, while Yamaha?s redesigned key shape supports a more natural hand position during longer rehearsals and performances. Together, these refinements create a matched Bb and A clarinet setup that feels balanced, expressive, and reliable across a wide range of repertoire.

Product Ref: 379800

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Designed for consistent orchestral playing

This matched Bb and A clarinet pair gives you the flexibility needed for professional orchestral, chamber, and solo performance. Both instruments share Yamaha’s refined CSG design approach, helping maintain a familiar feel when switching between keys during demanding repertoire. The slightly larger barrels and thick-walled bells produce a warm, focused tone with strong resonance and controlled projection. This balance helps both clarinets blend naturally within ensembles while still offering clarity and presence for exposed passages. Because the response and tonal character remain closely matched, moving between instruments feels smooth and predictable.

Silver-plated keys with comfortable response

Both clarinets feature silver-plated keywork, providing a smooth playing feel with a classic professional finish. Many players appreciate the slightly grippier touch of silver plating during longer rehearsals and performances, particularly during fast technical passages where control matters most. Yamaha’s redesigned key shape also improves comfort by reducing unnecessary hand movement and supporting a more natural playing position. Combined with the balanced mechanism layout, the result is a setup that feels responsive, stable, and comfortable across a wide range of dynamics and articulation styles.

Extra control with 19-key configuration

This pair includes a 19-key configuration with correction levers on both clarinets, offering additional support for advanced fingering combinations and smoother technical transitions. The extra mechanism helps improve left-hand efficiency during complex orchestral passages and can make certain note changes feel more secure and connected. For players working through demanding repertoire, this added control can also help reduce unnecessary hand strain during longer sessions. Alongside Yamaha’s ergonomic keywork design, the correction lever contributes to a more controlled and confident playing experience across both instruments.

Balanced response across the full range

Yamaha designed the YCL-CSGL pair to provide consistent response and intonation throughout the full range of both clarinets. Hand-undercut tapered tone holes improve tuning accuracy while helping maintain an even feel between registers. Carefully positioned cork and leather pads support reliable sealing and smooth key action, contributing to stable response during quieter dynamics, expressive phrasing, and faster passages. The grenadilla bodies also add rich harmonic detail and tonal focus, helping both instruments produce a refined sound with clarity and warmth. And because the pair feels closely matched in response and character, switching between Bb and A remains comfortable and reliable.

Yamaha 5 Year Extended Warranty

As a premium brand, Yamaha are proud to offer a free five-year extended warranty when the purchase of your instrument is registered within six months of purchase. Please visit the Yamaha website for the full terms and conditions and to register your warranty.

3 Months Free Tomplay Premium Subscription

When you register your instrument you can get a three-month premium subscription to Tomplay where you can access over 40,000 scores with backing tracks. You are able to filter by musical style, composer, difficulty and accompaniment type and interact with the scores. The pieces are all recorded by professional musicians and you can control the tempo and even record yourself playing. If you wish, you can also print and annotate your score and create loops to focus on those more difficult passages. For more information, please see the Yamaha/Tomplay website.