Klarinet Archive - Posting 000149.txt from 1996/04

From: nancy buckman <znjb@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Buffet plastic clarinet (E-line)
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 16:14:51 -0500

At 01:07 AM 4/6/96 GMT, you wrote:
>Sorry. The correct line is B...(B-12 etc).
>Fernando
>At 18:32 05/04/96 -0500, you wrote:
>>>I don't know Greg, but Buffet makes a lot of plastic instruments( E11, E12,
>>>etc.), and all of them are good.
>>
>>I think the E-11 and E-12 are made out of wood, actually. I have the Buffet
>>brochure in front of me, and the B-12 looks like it's the only plastic
>>model. I don't know how I feel about the E-line instruments; I don't think
>>the company makes more money from their professional instruments, so that's
>>where they put their emphasis -- much less care goes into making the
>>intermediate level ones.
>>
>>--Nate
>>
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I recently had a student purchase an E-11 A clarinet. She is very pleased
with it. We couldn't find a used R-13 in her price range and this clarinet
was suggested as a substituion by Phil Muncy. I have been very impressed
with the quality of this instrument. It performs as well as my own R-13.

Nancy