Klarinet Archive - Posting 000782.txt from 2004/01

From: "Matthew Lloyd" <Matthew@-----.f9.co.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Tosca at NAMM
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:43:45 -0500

The revamped Prestige Eb has no bell ring either - which is supposed to
make for a better and brighter sound.

Can't comment as I haven't played one of the old ones, but thought that
you lot might be interested!

Matthew

-----Original Message-----
From: Elgenubi@-----.com [mailto:Elgenubi@-----.com]
Sent: 24 January 2004 19:12
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Tosca at NAMM

At the recent NAMM convention (music manufacturers and retailers), I saw
and
played the Buffet Tosca. The environment is noisier than I might have
liked,
but I enjoyed playing this horn. (I am accustomed to the Buffet
Festival.)
The Tosca did seem to have a particularly even and in tune scale. They
had a
pair of both the grenadilla and the Greenline. It was mentioned
recently in a
thread about an old Buffet, that the Mazzeo clarinet had no bell ring so
to
improve the long B. Interestingly the Tosca has no bell ring, either.
The
Tosca also has an additional key and vent for the low F. This was also
mentioned
lately, wasn't it? The normal F is, well, normal. But the new key, to
the
right of the normal key, closes the normal F pad and also opens the new
small
vent near the large normal one at the bottom of the clarinet. It very
slightly
sharpens and changes the sound of the F, apparently intended to improve
the
note in exposed passages. I took some snapshots of the horns, and if
anyone
would like to see them, email me privately. (Reminder to new folks and
absented
minded folks: email me; do not reply to the list!)
I suppose I should say that I have no economic interest in Buffet; I
just
like talking about the equipment.

Wayne Thompson

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