Klarinet Archive - Posting 000240.txt from 2001/11

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] BUFFET/CHEDEVILLE
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 12:17:16 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Hausmann [mailto:bhausmann1@-----.com]

> Buffet makes fine clarinets, but their mouthpieces are, according to most
> opinion, space fillers in the case. Maybe they USED TO be good.
> Or maybe
> they can be refaced into something good.
>

It is indeed true that some of the very old Buffet mouthpieces are actually
Chedeville blanks. HOWEVER, most of the mouthpieces you see out there with
the Buffet stamp are not worth the space they take in the case. Even the
Chedeville blank ones usually are in pretty dire need of a good refacing.
In the hands of a good mouthpiece craftsman, though, some of these can play
beautifully.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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