Klarinet Archive - Posting 000455.txt from 1996/08

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Buffet S-1
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 18:56:51 -0400

Robert,
My favorite Buffet model was the S-1. Impossible to get here in
the US, the few I tried were much better in tune than the R-13. I think
it never made it here because the sound was a tad lighter and we all know
about the ridiculous fetish American players seem to have for DARK, DARK,
DARK, DARK...sound. This is the reason that the R-13 is so popular in the
US despite the fact that it really doesn't tune as well as either the RC
or the S-1. Unfortunately, I have never been able to get my hands on an
S-1 so I play R-13's. Luckily, they do screw up once in a while and make
one which tunes well. I have just such a b-flat horn.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Thu, 15 Aug 1996, Robert Brown wrote:
>
> I am playing my grandfather's Buffet S-1, circa 1972, and I haven't seen
> much in the way of discussion on this model. In fact, I assumed it was
> an intermediate student's model, until I read that Don Byron Plays one.
>
> Can anyone give me the scoop on this horn? Thanks.
>
> Bob Brown
> Burtonsville, MD
>