Klarinet Archive - Posting 000499.txt from 2002/01

From: Mark Thiel <mark.thiel@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Buffet RC Differences
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:00:37 -0500

Blake Arrington wrote:
>I have an 1193...how do I know if I have these options on my horn? I
>didn't
>buy it from a factory, rather from IMS, so any suggestions?

Gary wrote:

>However, I am of the opinion that this
>description applied to the previous model of Buffet Bass Clarinet and
>not
>the newest one. That fact that they didn't change the model number
>when
>they introduced it adds to the confusion.

When I bought my 1193 -- from IMS -- Lisa A. said that they
had given up offering resonance keys as options and that the
G/D resonance was standard and the others not available.
We discussed that buffet's literature was rather out of date -- and this
was
almost 2 years ago.

The G/D resonance gives you the cool-looking row of 6 big, nearly
equally spaced pads down the lower joint. However the picture
on the web page appears NOT to have the G/D resonance but
still has 6 pads in a row; so does it perhaps not have a pad on the
bell? I guess this is of academic interest only since the picture
does not necessarily represent anything that they're manufacturing
currently.

Mark Thiel

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