Klarinet Archive - Posting 000126.txt from 1996/04

From: Fernando Silveira <fersilv@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Buffet plastic clarinet
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 17:14:47 -0500

I don't know Greg, but Buffet makes a lot of plastic instruments( E11, E12,
etc.), and all of them are good. You can play everything, but they aren't a
wood instruments...
Fernando Silveira
fersilv@-----.net
At 12:10 05/04/96 -0600, you wrote:
>A few years ago when I was at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, I had
>a friend who played on a plastic clarinet made by Buffet. I never got the
>serial number or anything, but I had never seen such a thing. He is, of course,
>at a tremendous advantage to the rest of us, because the action on most makes
>of plastic clarinets is radically different from Buffets. Therefore, when he
>goes out to buy a wood clarinet, he will already be fully accustomed to the
>action.
>
>Therefore, my question is this: How rare are these Buffet plastic clarinets?
>Also, who carries them? The plastic clarinet I have now is a Conn, which is a
>fine instrument, but the action on it is too different from my Buffets. Anyone
>have any input? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
>
>Greg Baker
>
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