Klarinet Archive - Posting 000025.txt from 2003/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Buffet Standard
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 22:19:58 -0400

At 07:37 AM 9/2/2003 -0400, David Blumberg wrote:
>...Buffet was always the standard to compare against and to beat.
>Same for the old Chedeville Mouthpiece - most are compared to it and are
>designed with that in mind. You rarely see a comparison to anything but the
>Buffet as the standard to beat. And it was Klose with Buffet who designed
>the current system of fingering (Boehm) - correct me if I'm wrong but I
>remember reading that one.

Yes, Buffet and Klose together designed the Boehm system clarinet. That
makes them FIRST, but not AUTOMATICALLY best. Buffet has indeed become the
standard to beat, though. Some clarinets meet the standard, others exceed
it, still others fall short. Of course, whether a given instrument meets,
exceeds, or fails is totally in the judgement of the individual doing the
testing.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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