Klarinet Archive - Posting 001095.txt from 1997/10

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Buffet Festival
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 08:41:44 -0500

Composer16@-----.com wrote:
>
> A Buffet Festival is an R-13, but it is a step lower than the prestige R-13.
> It has an auxilaray Ab/Eb lever, and has silver-plated keys. It's a very
> nice horn, and I think that if the condition of the horn is good, $1600 is a
> good price.

Chris,
I did a bit of research before shelling out quite a few bucks
for my son's clarinet. You're comments aren't quite up to snuff
here.

The Festival is mechanically identical to the Prestige. The bore
sizes are different. That's it. No step "up" or "down". Equivalent
in the mechanical & manufacturing sense.
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