Klarinet Archive - Posting 000219.txt from 1995/08

From: Tom Ascher <U15310@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Buffet RC clarinet?!
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 00:19:42 -0400

Thanks Donald for comments from someone who has actually played/owned
an RC.

I went to the Woodwind today thinking I would actually get a chance to
play one. On their inventory they had listed one in stock. When I got
there, they could not actually find it.

My main reason for wanting to upgrade from my Yamaha was to find an
instrument that was easy to play above the stave, especially above the
C above the stave. I tried out a bunch of Buffet R-13s, and Prestiges.

Many of the Buffets were so shoddily constructed they could not even be
put together. I did find one or two that had nice sound throughout the
registers, but none that played easily in the altissimo range for my
beginning embouchure.

I did find another brand clarinet which I found DID play easily above
the stave and seemed to have better workmanship than the Buffet, and sound
equal to the Buffet, but that's another topic!

   
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