Klarinet Archive - Posting 000891.txt from 1997/09

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Greenline and NPR performance today
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 22:26:14 -0400

If I was to do it again, and I knew that Buffet was making an R-13
Prestige Greenline...both A and Bb, I would go the greenline route without
blinking an eye. I had the same experience as Michael.....tried them out
at our IMEA convention with a "right...sure..." attitude, and was fairly
shocked that the Greenline played as well as my R-13!

Roger Garrett

On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Michael Kolos wrote:

> Robert S. Spring wrote:
> >
> > I though I would enter this discussion on the Greenline, both as a buffet
> > player and artist, and as a University teacher.
> >
> > I have played one for two years. Mine is the best Buffet I've ever owned.
>
> I must concur. Buffet had an expo of clarinets at McGill and the
> greenline was one of them, and the one they had there was by far the
> best R-13 out of the entire group. I was very surprised, because I
> tried it with the attitude of it being a "plastic, low calibre
> instrument" and if I was going to buy a clarinet at the time, I would
> certainly have taken the greenline. However, in reality whether I'd
> choose a greenline over a (complete grained) wood one still remains a
> question. For anyone who's never tried one, you should, because like I
> was, you will probably be impressed.
> Michael Kolos
>