Yamaha · Professional · YCL-650
The YCL-650 is where Yamaha's clarinet line turns professional without reaching its Custom models. Yamaha pitches the current YCL-650II at serious players on a budget and says its bell, barrel and tone-hole specifications sit close to the top-of-the-line Custom SEV. The body is selected, seasoned grenadilla left in a natural finish, and the tapered tone holes are undercut by hand for intonation and tonal balance. The first YCL-650 had Lucien double skin pads, blue steel needle springs, threaded posts, a machined bore, a 65 mm barrel and a bell with a resonance chamber for the low notes, and it shipped with a 4CM hard rubber mouthpiece and a silver-plated ligature. The second generation moved to leather pads, took its bell and barrel design straight from the Custom models, lengthened the E/B levers and has its keys adjusted by hand using Custom-model techniques. Dawkes Music, a large UK woodwind dealer, says teachers often put the 650 beside Buffet's E13 on their recommendation lists. Wikipedia's list of Yamaha products names the YCL-64 as its predecessor. The pads are the quickest way to tell the two 650 generations apart in photos.
This is more clarinet than a beginner needs. It suits a committed high schooler, a college player or an adult coming back to the clarinet, as long as the wood checks out.
Build and caseYCL-650
A II in the model name and leather pads mark the current YCL-650II. Earlier 650s used Lucien double skin pads.
Like any grenadilla clarinet it can crack after fast temperature changes or when moisture is left in the bore, and the joints are most at risk. Pads that have deformed leak air and spoil the tuning, so an unserviced older 650 may be due for new pads.
More on this in our clarinet buying guide.
Buying guide
We'd start with the Japan dealer's 650 titled tested, with its case, at $656 delivered, or pay $800 for the cased one from a US seller if easy returns matter more. There are at least 72 for sale, and the $900–1,550 delivered band is mostly Japan dealers, while the five US listings ask $800–1,512 and new ones ask about $2,520. This is a pro clarinet for a serious high schooler or an adult, not a first instrument, and it's grenadilla, so ask for close photos of the upper joint and joint ends for cracks and look at the pads (leather pads and a II in the name mean the current version). Skip the $2,680 delivered one from Japan that shows a new-model stock photo, and pay only through eBay checkout if you try a zero-feedback US listing.
$640.00est. delivered
The lowest delivered 650 here, titled with its case, at $640 including $100 shipping from Japan. The title makes no playing claim, so ask about the pads and whether the mouthpiece comes with it.
Yamaha YCL-650 Bb Clarinet Grenadilla Wood With Case From Japan
$655.99delivered
Titled tested and cased, with free shipping from Japan, so $656 delivered is well under the band. Ask for close photos of the upper joint and joint ends for cracks before you buy.
Yamaha YCL-650 Professional Bb Clarinet with Case Used Tested
$1,132.50est. delivered
Titled serviced, with the case and a mouthpiece, so it should need the least work before you play it. It's a 650F, the Japan-market version, from a Japan dealer, so ask what the service covered.
YAMAHA YCL-650F Grenadilla Wood Clarinet Used with Case, Mouthpiece Serviced
Delivered prices include shipping as eBay quoted it to a US address on Oct 12, 2026. Many sellers charge by distance, so your total may differ. eBay shows yours before you pay.
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Used$640.00est. delivered
$540.00 + $100.00 shipping
Buy It Now$540.00
Good buy
Titled with case. $100 shipping from Japan.
Seller: saltbird_store
99.5% positive
Used$655.99delivered
$655.99 · free shipping
Buy It Now$655.99
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Good buy
Titled tested, with case. Free shipping from Japan.
Seller: noenemy
99.4% positive
Serviced$1,132.50est. delivered
$990.00 + $142.50 shipping
Buy It Now$990.00
Good buy
Titled 650F, serviced, with case and mouthpiece. Ships from Japan.
Seller: aibo.japan
99.4% positive
Used$800.00delivered
$800.00 · free shipping
Buy It Now$800.00
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Titled with hard case. In the US, free shipping.
Seller: midlandpawn
99% positive
Used$857.03est. delivered
$850.00 + $7.03 shipping
Buy It Now$850.00
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Titled with case. In the US, from a 100% seller.
Seller: missinfamous-2007
100% positive
Used$1,511.82est. delivered
$1,500.00 + $11.82 shipping
Buy It Now$1,500.00
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Titled 650II, the current version. In the US.
Seller: eatalotoftoast
100% positive
Used$1,120.44est. delivered
$1,100.00 + $20.44 shipping
Buy It Now$1,100.00
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Zero feedback, and the same title is on another zero-feedback account.
Seller: tairedne-0
No feedback yet
Used$2,679.66est. delivered
$2,397.66 + $282.00 shipping
Buy It Now$2,397.66
Priced high
Titled used but shows a new-model stock photo. About 2.4 times the median, from Japan.
Seller: tokyo_depo
100% positive
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