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??YCB-826??
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:13 am
by Norwintuba12
Can someone please help me out? For the past two years if you visited the Yamaha web site you would notice under artist instruments there is a CC tuba that has been "Coming Soon", it is the YCB-826. Does anyone know anything about this mysterious horn?
Re: ??YCB-826??
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:27 am
by Kory101
*waiting for the flood of comments...*
Re: ??YCB-826??
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:37 am
by jameseuph642
That "mystery" tuba you speak of is the Yamaha York and has been in production for a couple of years.
Re: ??YCB-826??
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:50 am
by Kevin Hendrick
I do have to wonder why it's still listed as "coming soon" ... seems a bit odd. Just ran a search on "yamayork" (on TubeNet) and got 218 matches! Lots of information (including pictures).
Re: ??YCB-826??
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:57 am
by tubashaman2
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Re: ??YCB-826??
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:48 am
by Rick Denney
jameseuph642 wrote:That "mystery" tuba you speak of is the Yamaha York and has been in production for a couple of years.
I would modify that to "limited production". These are made in small quantities for a very high price. But I suspect that the original waiting list (which seemed to have been restricted to high-end professionals) has been satisfied and anyone with the money and a bit of patience can have one. By the second batch (of 10 or so), even I received an invitation to try one out, which I respectfully declined, given that such an instrument is beyond me in a variety of ways.
Rick "who wishes, however, that Yamaha would send one to the Army Conference" Denney
Re: ??YCB-826??
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:59 pm
by J.c. Sherman
It does make you wonder why the marketing lags so far behind the reality...
Love to see even a picture of one (I know "use the search...!")
J.c.S. - the lazy one...
Re: ??YCB-826??
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:28 pm
by Kevin Hendrick
Re: ??YCB-826??
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:30 pm
by Rick Denney
J.c. Sherman wrote:Love to see even a picture of one (I know "use the search...!")
It looks just like any other York copy in shiny silver plate. The only difference visible in a photo is the YAMAHA logo on the bell, but I'm not sure I even saw that in the photos I've seen.
Rick "who'd rather play one than look at a picture" Denney
