I was just gifted an old Yamaha straight horn in fair to fair/good shape. Model number stamped on slide receiver is YSL 2. It has a .476 bore and a reverse tuning slide. It plays nicely.
Does anybody know anything about this model of Yamaha trombone? Is it a student horn or a pro level horn? Do you think it would be worth the time and expense to make it into a "player"?
YSL-2
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bigbandbone
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SlideCrook
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Re: YSL-2
Does it have a 4 digit serial number? Probably from 1967.
It should be .500 on the micrometer based on the user manual, the ends of the stockings might be chamfered inwards from the circumferential pipe cutters.
YSL-2 was .500, 8.05 inch bell
YSL-3 was .550, 8.47 inch bell
And those are rough numbers.
What else needs to be done to make it a “player”?
This is super interesting. Those horns were treated like the JinBaos of today, way back when. And the Jupiters of the 90s.
It should be .500 on the micrometer based on the user manual, the ends of the stockings might be chamfered inwards from the circumferential pipe cutters.
YSL-2 was .500, 8.05 inch bell
YSL-3 was .550, 8.47 inch bell
And those are rough numbers.
What else needs to be done to make it a “player”?
This is super interesting. Those horns were treated like the JinBaos of today, way back when. And the Jupiters of the 90s.
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bigbandbone
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Re: YSL-2
Hey slidecrook, was it marketed as a student horn or pro-level?SlideCrook wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 10:32 pm Does it have a 4 digit serial number? Probably from 1967.
It should be .500 on the micrometer based on the user manual, the ends of the stockings might be chamfered inwards from the circumferential pipe cutters.
YSL-2 was .500, 8.05 inch bell
YSL-3 was .550, 8.47 inch bell
And those are rough numbers.
What else needs to be done to make it a “player”?
This is super interesting. Those horns were treated like the JinBaos of today, way back when. And the Jupiters of the 90s.
It needs a good cleaning, minor dent work, a spit valve, some slide work, and a case.
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SlideCrook
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Re: YSL-2
It was marketed as a professional instrument. And only available from 1967-1968. You were gifted a very rare relic. From 1969 onwards, the ~8H/88H “copy” called the YSL-641/643 was introduced and pushed heavily, so you will probably see 100x more 643s for sale than you will ever see of that YSL-2.
That whole scenario is so cool. What is the story on that instrument? Where did they say they got it from? They (Yamaha/Nikkan) had zero support in the music stores back then. (23 years after WW2)
That whole scenario is so cool. What is the story on that instrument? Where did they say they got it from? They (Yamaha/Nikkan) had zero support in the music stores back then. (23 years after WW2)