Klarinet Archive - Posting 000903.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Prestige bass register mechanism
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 11:31:05 -0400

I am currently on my second Buffet Prestige Bass Clarinet, the first being
one model removed (the one without the RH low D.....dumb mistake there).
I haven't had any problems with the register key regulation....or it going
out of adjustment. Lawrie Bloom plays on the same model in the CSO and
really loves the horn.....he has never mentioned that problem to
me....but....maybe he does not want to say anything! There is a new model
of the Prestige coming out as we type......it may have a slightly
different mechanism.....but I am not sure. What exactly goes wrong with
your register key?

Roger Garrett

On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Neil Leupold wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, ROBERT HOWE wrote:
>
> > THe register key regulation on
> > my Buffet Prestige is the only real weakness on the horn.
>
> That's an interesting statement, and I know that Clark (Fobes)
> agrees with you. I've just never taken the time to ask him
> why it seems to be so. Can you elaboriate? I own a Selmer 37
> myself, so I don't have a first-hand frame of reference, un-
> fortunately, but part of the decision to buy the 37 over the
> Prestige was the propensity for the latter's register mechanism
> to come out of adjustment so readily. Further comments?
>
> Neil
>