Klarinet Archive - Posting 000434.txt from 1996/08

From: Jennifer Hefferlin <jhefferl@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Buffet's Frenchified bore
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 20:18:12 -0400

Heh, Heh...will the serial number on that particular instrument starts out
with the letter "F". According to the man who maintains my clarinets the
"F" indicates that it is a French series bore; a smaller bore that
produces a lighter and perhaps sweeter tone that doesn't have as much
darkness to the sound and which is much easier to pick up and play.
Disclaimer: I have not done any academic research on this said fact and
simply took his word because it made sense as an explanation for the way
the instrument played.

On Wed, 14 Aug 1996, Fogle, Bill wrote:

> Jennifer writes about her A clarinet:
> > just recently found an
> >older A Buffet, serial #154152 (if anyone can tell me the year it was
> >made, I'd appreciate it). Oh, and the RC Prestige was and F series,
> >indicating that it was the "frenchified" version.
>
> Jennifer/Klarinetters:
>
> What is a "Frenchified" version, if the Buffet instruments
> are being manufactured in gay Par-ee? I would have
> said the Buffet bore was as French as a bore (!) could get?
> Help!
> ----Bill Fogle.
>