Klarinet Archive - Posting 000143.txt from 2003/02

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] vintage Buffet "A" clarinet
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 13:57:58 -0500

I am sitting here looking at a 1914 Buffet "A". Serial number 4J216.

It was sent to me to be donated to Midwest Young Artists by Guy Legere a couple of years ago.

It's in my workshop for a re-pad.

It has a wrap around register key, a low Eb, an articulated G#, and an "extra sliver" key between 1st and 2nd finger right hand. The additional sliver key is an alternate C#/G#. Wild huh?

SO yeah, lots of extras. Plays pretty well too!

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetXpress.com
Antique clarinet restorations

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