Klarinet Archive - Posting 000711.txt from 1997/11

From: Dirk Kussin <dirk@-----.de>
Subj: Re: Buffet comparison chart
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 07:56:35 -0500

Peter> I've dug out the chart handed out by Francois Kloc, the head
Peter> technician at Buffet. Some things jump out: The Festival, RC
Peter> and DG's register tubes are 3 mm higher than the "traditional
Peter> location" and the Vintage's 1 mm. All the tubes are listed as
Peter> "AM"(American) except the Festival and RC ("FR" France). The
Peter> DG's bore is "More Conical" than the others. The bottom lists
Peter> Area and Used: R 13 is Orchestra, USA, UK, JAPAN, Festival is
Peter> Solo Instrument, USA, JAPAN, EUROPE, Vintage Orch/Solo In. USA
Peter> JAPAN EUROPE, DG is Chamber Music, EUROPE, RC is "Orch in
Peter> Europe and Japan" and Elite is Solo/Orch, FRANCE. Hope this
Peter> helps!

Very interesting. Do the items orchestra/chamber/solo mean that they
are mainly used in these areas, or that they are "created" (intended)
for these areas?

By the way, there seems to be a difference between Europe and UK. I
ever thought UK is a part of Europe. But it seems to be that the usual
pitch in UK is a=440 (like in US), whereas in (continental) Europe it
is a@-----. Am I right?

Also I read in a catalogue (guess it was the price list of Bill
Lewingston (?), London) the sentence: "The R-13 is preferred in US and
UK, whereas the RC is preferred in Europe" (at least similarly).

Dirk

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