Klarinet Archive - Posting 000629.txt from 2004/01

From: "Vic Brincat" <vbrincat@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Antique Bufftet Measurements
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:40:23 -0500

Erik,

So you can compare:

The lower section of three of my Buffets measured from tiip of lower tenon
to tip of middle ring.

1916 Buffet .....25.6 mm
1996 R13 Buffet...25.6 mm
1914 "A" Clarinet 27.3 mm

Let me know if you need other measuremnets? I may have more comparable year.
What year is your antique Buffet again?

Vic

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Eric Ju

>From: Erik Tkal <bbtkal@-----.net>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] 'Indented' mouthpiece, overhauling
>Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 08:50:24 -0500
>
>At 07:56 PM 1/18/2004 -0800, Ormondtoby wrote:
>
> >Just for the record, I was intending to make my own attempt to overhaul
> >the instrument. At the $48 price, I felt that I could've bought a few
> >tools and pad materials and so forth, and then I could give it a try and
> >learn a few things.
> >
> >But the mouthpiece remained the difficult issue. When I was at
> >ClarinetFest, I was surprised to discover that Morrie Backun didn't have
> >a barrel to fit my Howarth's tenon (he had hundreds of barrels with
> >him), even though my Howarth is only 10 years old. Thus I can imagine
> >that finding an Eb mouthpiece to fit (much less play satisfactorily) a
> >50-yr-old instrument with only 14 keys and wraparound register key could
> >be a real hassle.
>
>I'm in the middle of overhauling a cheap antique Buffet horn off of ebay,
>it's definitely a learning experience. I have the upper joint completed
>(keys move freely once again and the new pads seem to seat ok), and last
>night I disassembled the lower joint. A couple of things I noticed - the
>upper joint is a bit longer than the one from my R13. I have not measured
>the bore, but it seems smaller perhaps? The barrel is longer, and the
>mouthpieces I have do not seat at all; they are way too loose. However, the
>barrel from my R13 does fit on the old Buffet. Have "standard" mouthpiece
>fitting sizes changed over the years? Might this be one reason old horns
>often come with non-original barrels? Are there tubular shims that one can
>use to fit mouthpieces into larger sockets?
>
> Erik Tkal
>
>
>
>
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