Klarinet Archive - Posting 000042.txt from 2006/03

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Buffet R-13 Played and Failed
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 00:04:49 -0500

Rommel,
Did you say you're at Peabody? If so, there is a GREAT store near you
that usually has at least a half-dozen R-13's at any one time. When I
bought my Greenline there, there were 8-10 R-13's. You can write me for
details. <fbjacobo@-----.net>

Fred Jacobowitz

Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
Ebony and Ivory Duo

On Mar 3, 2006, at 8:06 PM, Rommel John Miller wrote:

> Tom and the whole list,
>
> Just so everyone will know I just greased up the joints on #3 and the
> fit
> was a little tight, the bell joint was especially tight.
>
> So a tenon/joint fix is needed.
>
> Secondly #3 played consistently flat on all three registers, huzzah,
> another
> loser!
>
> Let's here it for Buffet Crampon and the wonderful caring and concerned
> folks at WWBW who say they pre-test every instrument before they ship
> it.
> Sure they do.
>
> But I've heard it before and now I believe it, it takes maybe 10
> tries, 15,
> 20, 30, 50 or 100 before you find that one sweet Buffet R-13 that
> Pierre
> cared enough to really pour his heart and soul into that day over in
> Paris.
>
> How many will I have to play before I find one that'll play as in tune
> as
> the Vito student model that Larry Naylor refitted for me last year? I
> dunno, but I going to keep trying.
>
> I just hope my Balwin/Hamilton 5025E Piano is going to be a winner
> when it
> comes, if not, then I'll know I am cursed!
>
> But my question is this, why can't Buffet make a consistently
> high-quality
> product? Its not like we don't hold them in the highest regard and
> aren't
> willing to pay top dollar for it, are we? I mean most folks seem to
> have or
> want a Buffet one way or another. They can't be as bad as all that,
> can
> they?
>
> It just gets old, this back and forth, exchange and exchange, and
> exchange,
> ad infinitum. What ever happened to ethics of care and quality
> control?
>
> Peace,
>
> Rafi
>
>
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