??YCB-826??
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??YCB-826??
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?
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Re: ??YCB-826??
*waiting for the flood of comments...*
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Re: ??YCB-826??
That "mystery" tuba you speak of is the Yamaha York and has been in production for a couple of years.
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Re: ??YCB-826??
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). 
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Re: ??YCB-826??
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.jameseuph642 wrote:That "mystery" tuba you speak of is the Yamaha York and has been in production for a couple of years.
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Re: ??YCB-826??
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...!")
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Love to see even a picture of one (I know "use the search...!")
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Re: ??YCB-826??
A few links to get you started ...
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=31307&hilit=yamayork
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32238&hilit=yamayork
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28458&hilit=yamayork
(also some nice pics of the MW Travel F here)
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27631&hilit=yamayork

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=31307&hilit=yamayork
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=32238&hilit=yamayork
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28458&hilit=yamayork
(also some nice pics of the MW Travel F here)
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27631&hilit=yamayork
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Re: ??YCB-826??
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.J.c. Sherman wrote:Love to see even a picture of one (I know "use the search...!")
Rick "who'd rather play one than look at a picture" Denney