Klarinet Archive - Posting 000240.txt from 2003/08

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] "Vintage" barrels
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 02:18:03 -0400

Bruce,

The Vintage clarinet comes with both a cylindrical and a conical
barrel.

R13 V B660 - This barrel is like the "standard" Buffet barrel
today (in this case, a 66 mm barrel) with a conical bore. This
can be replaced with any standard Buffet barrel if a length
change is needed for pitch.

R13 V 2 600 - This is a cylindrical barrel which would have been
similar to the standard barrel type previous to the R13, still
in use at the time of the R13. I assume this would be the
standard 66mm barrel also. I do not think you can get the V 2
600 in another length, if that one was too sharp or flat.

I like the Vintage model and appreciate the acoustical
differences from the present R13 model, but think that the
barrels are the weakest link in this scenario. I have ALWAYS
purchased replacement barrels for my Buffet and (pre Opus)
Leblanc instruments immediately after purchase, as I never liked
the conical bore of the standard Buffet barrel, nor the almost
cylindrical barrel of the pre-Opus Leblancs.

Hope this helps...

Kelly Abraham
Clarinet and Saxophone - New York City
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--- Bruce McGarvey <infodev@-----.net> wrote:
>
> I'm unfamiliar with Buffet's "Vintage" model clarinet, so
> maybe someone can
> help me.
>
> An new acquaintance has a Vintage with two barrels, one marked
> R13 V B660
> and the other R13 V 2 600. What's the difference? He said both
> barrels came
> with the horn.
>
> The total lengths are the same, so my guess is that one of
> them is tapered,
> but which one would that be?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bruce
> ----------------------------------------
> "Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they
> must live." -
> Charles Bukowski

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