I've got the daughter's YCL-20 and on the last repair, the guys at the shop broke one of the screwheads on one of the hinge screws.

I don't mind taking it back to the shop for something outside my skill sets, but at $65 shop minimum, I am getting nickeled and dimed to death.

I have been able to fix some sticking keys and generally do a cleaning. Compared to some gun things I've had to do, it doesn't seem that hard.

Is there anything magical about yamaha parts? I've found the part numbers but it looks like they only sell to dealers. Does anyone have a good source for parts? Is repadding one especially hard?

Thanks for the help. I'm also in the market for a spare student clarinet, I've got two in clarinets and a spare seems to be a good idea.

No clue about repairing that. Yet I remember my brother have one of those when we were in high school. And the most thing that I remember is him just practicing and all he played was Fer Elise. 20+ years later and I still hate that fucking song with a passion. Every time I hear it I get pissed off almost to rage.

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