Klarinet Archive - Posting 000925.txt from 1997/08

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: greenline clarinet
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 18:44:25 -0400

I have found out that Dr. Borchert is 100% on target with his description.
I have stopped recommending the standard R-13 Buffet......rather, the
Greenline R-13 has been purchased by several of my students....with
tremendous results!

Roger Garrett
Ilinois Wesleyan University

On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, L. BORCHERT wrote:

> I have several students who are currently playing on the Buffet
> Greenline model. After only two year it is probably not enough time to
> predict future maintenance. (Do I sound like an advertisement for a mutual
> fund company)? However, in this usually dry climate and with the
> temperature variations that they have described to me, the instruments
> have performed admirably.
> One of the purposes of Buffet's development of the instrument was
> to reduce the tendency for wood products to crack, especially from lack of
> proper care, while, at the same time, playing like wooden instrument.
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> Laroy
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> Dr. Laroy Borchert
> Professor of Clarinet
> NMSU
> Las Cruces, NM 88003
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> On Mon, 11 Aug 1997 GTGallant@-----.com wrote:
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> > Has anybody tried or own a Buffet Greenline and if so, what are your opinions
> > on it. I am thinking of purchasing a new set and the idea of having
> > clarinets that do not crack (every clarinet I've owned has cracked at
> least
> > in one spot) is very refreshing.
> > Thanks.
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