Klarinet Archive - Posting 000049.txt from 1996/03

From: Teri Herel <EnsHerel@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Dave Lane
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 17:35:40 -0500

In a message dated 96-03-03 00:34:17 EST, mdmoors@-----.US
(Michael D Moors - Alpena) writes:

>I use the plastic Buffets with B45 mouthpieces for elementary students.
>Their are problems with intonation but with the same mouthpiece I can get
>my clarinet sections to sparkle. I truly like the student model Buffet
>because it has the same keys as an R-13 so when students step up from the
>B12 to the E11 (or to an R13) the feel is the same. On the subject of
>mouthpieces I have considered switching to Fobes or Knox mouthpieces
>because they would be even more consistent.

Interesting. I have found the same plastic Buffets to feel awkward and
clumsy, not at all like the key work on the E-11, 12, or R-13. In fact they
are on the bottom of my list right next to the Bundy Screamer. And so it
goes...

Teri Herel