Klarinet Archive - Posting 000429.txt from 1997/09

From: "maybe Starr,maybe John" <starrs@-----.net>
Subj: Re: student instruments
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 03:26:19 -0400

I played a Buffet B-12 today and it seemed great on some notes and
especially
stuffy on others, i.e. open G. Do these instuments vary in the ways
R-13's do? How much should a student expect to pay a local repairman to
go over a brand new B-12 that was purchased through mail order? Thanks
again.

Starr

David C. Blumberg wrote:
>
> I am impressed by the newer Buffet plastic clarinets (in the past year).
> They seem to have more closely duplicated the dimensions of the wooden
> E-11, which I like very much for intermediate students. (They now are
> coming in a brushed plastic, which doesn't make a bit of playing
> difference, but is one way to know that you have their latest model). The
> key work is said (by a buffet rep) to be identical to the R-13, but I have
> found that not to be the case.
>
> Date: Sun, 07 Sep 1997 21:03:46 +0000
> From: "maybe Starr,maybe John" <starrs@-----.net>
> Subject: student intsruments
>
> Hello everyone. It's been a while since I've written. Could you please
> give me some comments on the student model plastic clarinets made by
> Buffett and Selmer? Thanks so much.
>
> Regards,
> Starr

   
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