Klarinet Archive - Posting 000317.txt from 2004/05

From: Cathy <cathy143@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Down Vintage Road Lane - What a Wonderful View
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 13:27:23 -0400

Wow!!! That would match my Bb perfectly... Wanna sell it? ;-)

~ Cathy ~

Cathy Adamo

--If you want to lead the orchestra, you have to turn your back on the crowd.--

--Those born with a talent which is meant to be used find their greatest joy in using it.--Johann von Goethe

----- Original Message -----
From: <Tom.Henson@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 1:02 PM
Subject: [kl] Down Vintage Road Lane - What a Wonderful View

> I just have to share this with this list as I am sitting here looking at a
> brand new old stock 1967 Buffet R13 A clarinet.
>
> This was found in a music store that was closing down, and according to the
> person who sold it to me, the owner had hoarded this clarinet along with a
> few other instruments until his death. His son was cleaning out the store.
>
> It is literally brand new, only having been test played and I was assured it
> had never left the store and it looks like it. It came in a Black Buffet
> double case with the rounded corners and white stitching. It also has a
> matching vinyl case cover. The case has the blue velvet with the Satin
> ribbon "The Sweetest Clarinet Ever Made".
>
> I am looking at a warranty card from Buffet that says "is guaranteed to be
> free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of twenty years
> and against checks or cracks for a period of three months from date of
> original purchase for use". Even the Buffet swab is different. It has about
> a foot long piece of plastic tube sewn into the purple pull ribbon instead
> of just a short weight.
>
> Gee, I wonder what would happen if I actually filled it out and returned it
> to Buffet. It would probably elicit a laugh or two, and then a sense of
> pride. Maybe I should enclose some pictures.
>
> It also came with a "Care of Woodwind Instruments" brochure from Carl
> Fischer of New York. There is also a Buffet Chedeville mouthpiece that came
> with it along with a box of Buffet reeds. Even the original cork grease is
> unused. There is also a card for the mouthpiece which states that the
> chamber of the mouthpiece has been designed to work perfectly with the
> clarinet and using a mouthpiece with a different chamber design can lead to
> poor intonation. There is even a little measuring card you cut off to
> measure the chamber of a mouthpiece to see if it matches their
> specifications.
>
> The wood is beautiful. Very tight grain. You do not see any grain lines in
> any of the tone hole chimneys or the tenon ends. Know wonder Buffet
> clarinets from this period of time are known to have better wood and
> superior craftsmanship. I can certainly see it.
>
> Sorry, for the interruption. I just had to take you down memory lane.
>
> We now return to our regular programming.
>
> Tom Henson
>
>
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