Klarinet Archive - Posting 000027.txt from 2003/09

From: "Vic Brincat" <vbrincat@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Buffet Standard
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 22:46:08 -0400

Bill,

roughly what year(s) did Buffet and Klose develop the Boehm?

Vic Brincat

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>From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] re: Buffet Standard
>Date: Tue, 02 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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