Reviewing my Yamaha YRS-82(wooden made)
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Reviewing my Yamaha YRS-82(wooden made)
TL;DR:
It is a perfect instrument to start your collection.
The price is good (55,000 JPY / about $350-550 USD).
The sound is very,very,very stable and controllable .(stable than Aulos Symphony)
Yamaha offer two top-tier models, YRS-82(kingwood) and YRS-83(ebony), in the same price.
*** How it looks:
It is made of beautiful kingwood.
It has cool white/grey ivory rings, with schreger pattern!
With an engraved, invisible logo!
*** How it sound
It sounds just like the music on a CD.
Sweeter and elegant than plastic models, especially in the attack in each note.
*** How it plays:
It is super easy to blow! Low notes, middle notes, and high notes all feel very easy and the same.
It is very easy to play loudly or softly. The air you need is almost the same for all notes, no matter high or low.
The sound is very stable. You cannot really change the pitch by bending it.
Could be an advantage, or disadvantage???
*** The range:
The low notes are very strong and powerful. The high notes can go up to high D with no problem at all.
You can easily play 2.2 octaves on it.
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(My thought: I think trying more models is super fun! Everyone should have at least one wood recorder and one plastic recorder in my opinion)