Klarinet Archive - Posting 000203.txt from 1997/02

From: "Robert S. Spring" <Robert.Spring@-----.BITNET>
Subj: Re: Buffet Greenline
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 19:09:55 -0500

I have been using one for 1 and 1/2 years. I do not find any of the
problems spoken of below. Mine plays as well as any of the R13s that I
have owned, and better than most. I find it holds the sound at louder
volumes quite well and that I can play softly in the high register better
than on any other horn, perhaps because of the lack of pores in the
material. I have had several students purchase them as well, and no one so
far has had anything but good things to say about them.

I recommend them very highly!

>While I haven't tried the Greenline clarinet, my private instructor has.
>He played on one for a few months and then sold it. He said there were
>pros and cons to using them. Becuase the Greenline is made of recycled
>wood chips, it won't crack. The wood that is usually in them is wood that
>Buffet considers "flawed" and not good enough for an R-13. That wood is
>ground up and mixed w/ an epoxy giving it a plastic look but a wooden
>sound. However, he also said that the Greenline does not produce the
>volume that the R-13 does. It's great if you're playing solo but if
>you're playing w/ a group, you can't be heard.
>
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>On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, jjchang wrote:
>
>> I just had a quick question....last year, at the California Music
>> Educator's State Convention at Santa Clara, I tried a Buffet Greenline just
>> to see how it felt. (I have a Yamaha wooden clarinet, silver plated). It
>> was so nice.....very surprising, since the salesperson said that the
>> clarinet was made from compost of the grenadilla wood. I fell in love with
>> it! But my teacher, who plays a Buffet R-13, said that she doesn't
>> understand how a Greenline, made from compost, and an R-13 could be the
>> same price. I don't know, either, but I really liked the Greenline. So, is
>> the price worth it, or is a true wood (R-13) better than a compost? I
>> haven't tried an R-13, but I'm sure they're really nice, too.
>>
>> Jennifer
>>

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