Klarinet Archive - Posting 000553.txt from 1996/01

From: Robert.Spring@-----.BITNET
Subj: Re: Buffet's "Green Line" clarinets:info?
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 14:44:46 -0500

I have been playing on a Green Line for about 4 months and love it! There
are differences between individual Greenlines, as we all found with the
R13s, but not nearly as pronounced.

The sound is good and it seems to hold the volume better than my R13. I
performed a recital on it last Monday evening here at ASU. Several of my
more advanced students felt that it did not have the depth of sound as my
R13. Last Wednesday in studio class we had a blind "test" to see if indeed
that was the case. Not one of them could pick the R13 from the Green Line!
I am convinvced that Buffet has come out with a superb clarinet and a
great alternative to the shortage of wood.

> I'm reading the archives and about late 1994 there was brief discussion
> (involving Clark Fobes and a couple others) of Buffet's "Green Line" of
> clarinets. Does anyone know what this nomenclature refers to? Thanks.
> ********************
> Bill Fogle
> Washington, D.C.
> ********************

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Dr. Robert S. Spring
Professor of Music (Clarinet)
School of Music
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-0405
Office - 602/965-4306, FAX - 602-965-2659, Home - 602/345-8013
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