Klarinet Archive - Posting 000694.txt from 1999/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mouthpieces and Tuning
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 20:05:34 -0400

At 04:41 PM 10/22/1999 -0700, Kevin Fay wrote:
>First, Clarinets in A that I have owned (both Buffets and Yamaha Buffet
>clones) have indeed seemed better in tune in the altissimo register. It
>*think* that is a result of having a longer tube with the same bore--perhaps
>easier to get the hole in exactly the right place. This is purely
>conjecture, of course. While it's certainly not a statistically relevant
>sample, my observations coincide w/ Bill's.
>
>Second, unless I am mistaken, I believe that the clarinet that Bill bought
>is in fact a Buffet, or was at least made in the Buffet factory. Didn't
>Fischer "stencil" their horns?
>
I am pretty sure Carl Fischer at one time IMPORTED Buffet clarinets, but I
thought they just ADDED their name to the already existing Buffet
trademark. This one has no other marks, not even a serial number. Maybe
the lack of a register tube, due to the wrap-around register key, helps the
intonation? But if so, why did that feature die out?

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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