Klarinet Archive - Posting 000547.txt from 2000/02

From: Dan Sutherland <dsuther@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Newcomer Question?
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 15:32:50 -0500

Just taking a minute to throw down the old hockey gloves here.

The Evette Schaefer is not a Master Model. The ES started out as an ES,
was then named the Concerto and is currently called E13. I believe I have
seen one with the name Master Model, but this was an anomaly.
The Master Model was introduced at the time of Boosey's take over of
Buffet. Its longest term designation was E12 and was distinguishable from
the similarly keyed E11 because it was made France and its finish was less
opaquely black than the German made E11. I guess it is plausible that an
E12 could be an R13 reject. I have never taken my calipers to one to find
out. I know the keywork is vastly different and inferior to an R13. It
currently has plastic tone hole inserts for the ring keys, which would make
turning of the wood easier and less wasteful initially, something never
found on an R or E13. I've never played one that had the acoustic warmth,
depth or power of an R13, but then I didn't measure them either. Next time
one walks in here I will.
I wasn't talking about Master Models in the first place.

When Mr. Kloc was in Edmonton he saw [by the look on his face] [it was a
mix of recoil and fury] his first ES/Bay conversion. At the time we
discussed the plating issue briefly. He was excited by the recent crop of
Buffet oboes. I think were he to ask around the Buffet factory he would
qualify his response to your query.

Every one should know better.

Dan

At 05:15 AM 2/12/00 -0000, you wrote:
>From: "Dan Sutherland" <dsuther@-----.ca>
>> Many who should know better believe it to be a rejected
>> R13. It is not. Its debut took place about 35 years ago. Although it
>has
>> worn many monickers it has remained unchanged.
>
>I heard that rumour, too, so I decided back in December to ask someone who
>knows a lot more than me and a bit more many other people about that
>particular rumour.
>
>According to Francois Kloc of Buffet N.A., the "Master Model" Evette, "made
>by Buffet-Crampon" _is_ an R13 rejected for cosmetic reasons. Not all
>Evettes are Master Models or say "made by Buffet-Crampon". Here is his quote
>(from http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?id=14950):
>-----------------
>Dear Mark,
>
>The master model was made by the same persons who made the R13 and yes they
>are R13 with little cosmetic flaws but nothing is wrong accousticly.
>
>Musically Yours
>Merry Christmas
>Francois Kloc
>Manager of Woodwinds North America
>Boosey & Hawkes Musical Instruments Inc.
>--------
>Now, somehow I'm guessing that Francois might know something about what's
>gone on in the R13 manufacturing processes. So, some _do_ know better.
>
>Mark Charette@-----.org
>
>
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