Yamaha YHR-881 Custom Bb/F Alto Descant French Horn
MSRP: $1263800
Yamaha YHR-881 Custom Bb/F Alto Descant French Horn is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
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About Inventory Status
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Description
Description
Get a Great Custom Horn with the Yamaha YHR-881 Custom Bb/F Alto Descant French Horn
This custom "Descant" horn features light responsive action.
- Hand-lapped rotary valves and slides: Rotary valves and slides that have been hand-lapped are airtight and have smooth action.
- Articulated key levers: Articulated key levers have responsive motion.
- Phosphor bronze rotors: Rotors made of phosphor bronze resist corrosion.
- Tapered valves: Tapered valves wear for a long time without air leakage.
- Secure Note Centers
- Accurate pitch
- Even response
- Long rotor valve: The innovative thumb valve configuration on the YHR-881 replaces linked valves, thereby reducing friction, promoting faster response, producing exquisite sound, and improving hand comfort.
- Excellent sound in all registers: The combination of the secure high register, strong projection, and quick attack of the Bb horn with the rich, warm timbre of the F horn make the double horn ideal for most playing situations.
Hammered and annealed bell
Hammering and annealing are processes so important to the instrument's acoustic characteristics that Yamaha employs computer-controlled equipment to ensure consistently superior sound. Hammering enables bells to have a rich, resonant tone that blends beautifully with other instruments. Annealing is a cooling and heating process that makes it easier to control the acoustics of the instrument.
Cyclical bore
A cyclical bore is a perfectly cylindrical tubing assembly in combination with a conical leadpipe and bell system. This allows for consistent air flow throughout the horn.
Tonal clarity and flexibility
The tonal clarity and flexibility of the YHR-881 makes it ideal for baroque music, chamber music, and orchestral music because it overcomes the low-range difficulties typical of descant horns by additionally serving as a single Bb horn. The YHR-882 improves on this feature even further by adding the F natural valve to give more body to the tone in the low register.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Level: Custom Descant
- Key: Bb/ F Alto
- Style: Descant
- Bore: 0.472"
- Bell Diameter: 12 1/8"
- Bell Throat: Medium small / Medium large
- Leadpipe Material: Gold Brass
- Body/ Bell Material: Yellow Brass
- Bell Type: Fixed
- Finish: Unlacquered
- Mouthpiece: 32C4
- Rotors: (5) Hollow Phosphor Bronze
- Rotor Casing: Nickel Silver
- Lever Action: Mechanical
- Water Key: Yes
- Patented "Dual Plane" 4th rotor; F natural 5th valve
Manufacturer: Yamaha
Model: YHR-881
SKU: I034341-N-0-WHXC
UPC: 086792502892
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