Klarinet Archive - Posting 000833.txt from 2003/08

From: "Fernando Silveira" <amigo222@-----.br>
Subj: Re: [kl] Buffet vs. Everyone
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 20:19:08 -0400

Bill I agree with you.
Some years ago I have been comparing my (on that time) new RC Prestige
clarinet with an old R13 from a old professor. The results were that all
qualities and bad things were in both instruments: Buffet didn't do any
modification to improve their clarinets.
In my oppinion it shows that Buffet have been living just from its name,
with out any concern to improve its quality - a shamed ;(

Best

Fernando Silveira

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Buffet vs. Everyone

> At 01:36 PM 8/27/2003 -0700, Joe Redmon wrote:
> >The R-13 is far from a perfect horn, but no brand can
> >lay claim to that. The negative aspect of this
> >discussion could be exactly what the manufacturers
> >want. It's like negative political campaigns... say
> >the other guy is bad to make you look good. To wrap
> >it up, it seems to me like BUFFET is always getting
> >the short end of the ugly stick when it comes to this
> >debate. Just like in life, when you are on top, there
> >is always someone trying to push you off. :)
>
> The problem is not that Buffet gets badmouthed. If there was that much
> negative press on them, sales and reputation would suffer. The facts show
> that this is not the case. In fact, quite another situation has
> developed. The Buffet instruments get GOBS of good press/word of mouth,
> not so much undeserved, but all out of proportion to what they do deserve,
> relative to other equally deserving instruments. We are not questioning
> Buffet's well-deserved reputation for quality so much as their
overwhelming
> dominance in at least SOME markets and the reasons for it, possibly
reasons
> BEYOND their own merits. For example, in Michigan, it appears that ONLY
the
> Holton Farkas French horn is considered appropriate for serious
> study. This is allegedly because the horn instructor at the University of
> Michigan says so, and that is that. (And note that such pressure does not
> depend upon the TRUTH of the allegation, only its strength and frequency
of
> repetition.)
>
>
>
> Bill Hausmann
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>
>
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