Klarinet Archive - Posting 000693.txt from 1998/08

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] New Buffet Bass Clarinet???
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:07:22 -0400

Just some comments on cork - 1) it has a high coefficient of sliding
friction; 2) it absorbs water and swells. There are problems caused by
both these properties, but they are useful as well, particularly the
friction, as anyone with a slightly worn middle joint soon finds out if
s/he wants to prevent any wobble without causing a tendency to rotate....
Some of the reasons for winemakers using it are the same.
Roger Shilcock

On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, line ringuette wrote:

> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 10:33:30 -0400
> From: line ringuette <lringuet@-----.net>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet <klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: Re: [kl] New Buffet Bass Clarinet???
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> Hi there!!!
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> Okdokies: here's my explanation
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> I was told it was the "new"bass.... It was new, of course but just not t=
he
> new model. =20
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> I had emailed many of the companies that would be displaying their wares =
at
> the conference and explained to them all that I was in the market for a n=
ew
> bass, (low C model) and that if they brought any along, I would like to t=
ry
> them. *The ONLY store that ever bothered to reply to me was Internationa=
l
> (lisa Argiris), by the way.* You would think other stores would jump at
> the chance to sell a big-ticket item like that, but hey I guess I must be
> wrong :)
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> Lisa was very nice, she brought along 5 bases for me to try out. Now, I
> didn't realize there was a new, redesigned bass out on the market....when=
I
> found out, I wanted to try it out....I asked Lisa and she said it was the
> new bass (it is new, just not THE new one). Well, after trying them out,=
I
> really liked one of them, so I bought it. Yeah, it's not THE new one, bu=
t
> I think it's pretty darn great!!!=20
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> BUT HERE'S AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION TOPIC:
> Soon though I think I'm going to have to book an appointment (with Branne=
n)
> to have a look at it. It's unfortunate that Buffet doesn' t make standar=
d
> on their instruments (esp. a Prestige) some things that could save us
> clarinet players $$$$ in adjustments.
> SUCH AS: why have so much cork on instruments!!!!!! Hey guys, this is th=
e
> 20th century, you think we would have progressed beyond using 18th
> materials!!!! Brannen worked MIRACLES, on my A and Bb clarinets. In
> many cases, he used teflon etc... to get rid of cork between joint
> completely! That's great: cork wears down, gets compressed and breaks! =
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> My A and Bb mechanisms are now very efficient, and very quiet!! Why is
> there cork all over my new bass!!!!!!!! HMMMMMM?????? With an instrument
> like a bass, that has so many levers, contact points etc. where cork is
> required, why not use some great space-age material to begin with......wh=
y
> send me on a 5hr trip to Chicago, to pay $$$$, and a hotel when this
> should be done by Buffet to begin with.!!!
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> So there, now you have it! I love my bass, I love the sound!! It's a
> gorgeous instrument, I'm babying it like I've never done before, but my
> beef is with the people who build the darn things! =20
> p.s. Francois Kloc was GREAT at the conference. He looked over the
> instrument for me, did some minor adjustments, wonderful! Merci encore,
> Francois! Ton aide est tres bien appreci=E9e!
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> Line Ringuette
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> ----------
> > From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
> > To: 'klarinet@-----.org'
> > Subject: RE: [kl] New Buffet Bass Clarinet???
> > Date: August 24, 1998 9:37 AM
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> > Line purchased the model prior to the newest model.......although when =
I
> > spoke with her at the conference, she thought she had purchased the
> newest
> > model.........maybe she can explain how that happened.
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> > Roger Garrett
> > IWU
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> > On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Buckman, Nancy wrote:
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> > > Ask Line about the bass clarinets. She bought a new one at the
> > > conference, although I am not sure it was a Buffet.
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> > > Nancy
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> > > Nancy Buckman
> > > Anne Arundel Community College
> > > Arnold, MD USA
> > > nebuckman@-----.us
> > >=20
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> > > > From: @-----.com]
> > > > Reply To: @-----.org
> > > > Sent: @-----. elokuuta 1998 0:32
> > > > To: @-----.org
> > > > Subject: =09[kl] New Buffet Bass Clarinet???
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> > > > There were some very brief comments on the new model Buffet bass
> > > > clarinet=20
> > > > after ClarinetFest, but no details. Does anyone have anything to
> > > > share=20
> > > > about the difference between the new and previous model?
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> > > > Gary
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> > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > + Gary Van Cott - VCIS, Inc.
> > > > + Clarinet Books and more - New & Used - Sold & Purchased
> > > > + Check our catalog at http://www.lvnv.com/vcis/
> > > > + P.O. Box 9569, Las Vegas, NV 89191, USA
> > > > + Phone & Fax: 702-438-2102 Email: vcis@-----.com
> > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >=20
> > > >
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