Klarinet Archive - Posting 000051.txt from 1996/03

From: Michael D Moors - Alpena <mdmoors@-----.US>
Subj: Re: Dave Lane
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 17:59:56 -0500

You can take all of the keys off of a student model buffet and put them
on your R-13.

On Sun, 3 Mar 1996, Teri Herel wrote:

> 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
>