Klarinet Archive - Posting 000625.txt from 1997/01

From: Dirk Kussin <dirk@-----.de>
Subj: Re: Wood Vs Plastic
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 08:15:22 -0500

Ben> I have played both the buffet greenline as well as the clear
Ben> plastic clarinet that buffet makes (the model number slips my
Ben> mind right now) and both of them are superior instruments. The
Ben> first greenline I played was not as resonant, but I think it was
Ben> just a bad horn, because several others were every bit as good as
Ben> the normal R-13. the clear clarinet is a similar story....As a
Ben> matter of fact, from what I have heard throught the grapevine,
Ben> Giora Feidman owns a clear clarinet and occasionally uses it in
Ben> live performances because he likes it so much.

On the other hand, Giora Feidman has also a Buffet Crampon, produced
exclusively for him, from Grenadilla wood which is over 140 years old.

Dirk

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