Klarinet Archive - Posting 000411.txt from 1998/08

From: ROBERT ABRAHAM <rkabear@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Prestige
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 16:05:18 -0400

Unless there has been a change in the instrument production since Boosey and Hawkes purchased Buffet, the Prestige has diferent wood, the undercutting of the toneholes are different, the pads are different, and the Prestige has a bore choice of RC and R13(which is still not totally like the R13 regular bore). The thing I noticed mostly besides the tonal/color differences and the different feel of the keys, is that the Prestige plays *much* closer in tune in the throat register and in the low notes (and for that matter, all over the scale of the instrument) than the R13. That's why I chose the Prestige back in 1987 instead of the 20 or so R13s that I tried. There was really no comparison to the feel, the sound, and the pitch. Has there been a change in production since then? I haven't played on more than 10 - 15 R13s since then, and have played on only a few Prestiges since then. Most Band/Music stores do *not* stock Prestige Model clarinets because of the big difference in price.

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds/Computer Geek
New York City
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> Umm...correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Prestige an R13 clarinet with
> a modified bore?
>
> Shouryu Nohe

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