Klarinet Archive - Posting 000061.txt from 2006/03

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Updated Buffet Crampon USA Information
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 23:15:44 -0500

Suggestion---from someone who has sold HUNDREDS of fine Buffets, many to top professionals, including in the Boston and San Francisco Symphonies....... LEAVE THE TUNER OFF for a couple of hours at least.

I have watched player after player reject wonderful horns with tuners. You are not used to the new horn. PLAY it for at least an hour before you take out the tuner. Just 2 weeks ago I watched a great pro reject a great horn. From the first note he played it for the tuner----FRANTICALLY using all of the CRUTCHES he used on the miserable horn he had just sold. After he left the shop I played the horn, and it was MUCH better in tune than most horns.

Get USED to the horn before you put it on the tuner!

Kurt

Kurt Heisig Saxophones
1045 Water St
Santa Cruz, Calif 95062
(831) 425-5658

have my
>Chromatic Tuner on full when I blow my first tones! And if I get any
>anomalies, (beyond what I am used to) back she goes. When I heard the
>sometimes people have to go through between 8 and 10 or even more R-13's
>before they fine a "sweet one" I know that with WWBW I might be in it for
>the long haul.
>
>All the best.
>
>Rafi
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Tom.Henson@-----.com>
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 4:38 PM
>Subject: RE: [kl] Updated Buffet Crampon USA Information
>
>
>> Hi Rafi,
>>
>> I know that you are working with WWBW on your R-13 Bb, but you may want
>> to keep in mind a place that I bought my R-13 A from. I deal with Carl
>> Marks of Marks Music in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. Carl is the third
>> generation to run the store and they have very good luck getting only
>> the best, hand selected Buffets to sell in their store. Carl told me
>> that all of the Buffets that they get are hand selected at the warehouse
>> and I have to believe that this can and does make a difference. Of
>> course, set up is very important also. Carl goes over all the clarinets
>> before he ships them out to make sure they are working perfectly. He
>> told me that this is a tradition and philosophy that was started by his
>> grandfather, and then his father. Check out their history on the
>> website. Even today, they sell Buffets all over the world to
>> professionals, teachers, and their students because of this.
>>
>> One must keep in mind that the lowly R-13 is the bread and butter of
>> Buffet and as such, the most mass produced, besides their student
>> models. While the overall quality is high, some clarinets just are made
>> better than others. Using computer controlled machinery has certainly
>> helped to produce a more consistent product quality wise, but there is
>> still some hand finishing. Then there is also the wood. Some wood is
>> just better than others and machines better. That is why everyone on
>> this list will recommend trying as many clarinets, and as many brands as
>> possible. R-13 to R-13 will vary, sound wise and quality wise. However,
>> it is still possible to get a very good R-13 is you are picky and know
>> where to go. Also keep in mind to try and budget a little money to have
>> the clarinet professionally set up by someone you trust. R-13's can
>> still be brought up to a very high level of playing in the right hands.
>>
>> As a matter of fact, Buffet just drop shipped me a new R-13 Bb that
>> Francois Kloc (director of Buffet USA) picked out for me at the main
>> warehouse. Carl made the arrangements to have this done and I just got
>> it in today. The A clarinet that Carl sold me had also been hand
>> selected by Francois from the warehouse and then hand selected again by
>> John Weigand who frequents his store and grades many of Carl's clarinets
>> for his students and fellow professionals. The A clarinet is, so far,
>> the best R-13 A I have played on. It plays every bit as good as any Bb I
>> have owned.
>>
>> I have nothing but good things to say about dealing with Carl Marks.
>> Their price for my Bb was within $50 of WWBW, but I got very personal
>> service, a truly hand picked clarinet, and a dealer whose owner plays
>> clarinet and has three generations of knowledge repairing Buffets and
>> dealing directly with them. They have a very good relationship with
>> Buffet going all the way back to when Daniel Bonade was a close friend
>> and teacher of Carl's father. Carl told me that he grew up eating Sunday
>> lunch at the house of Robert Marcellus and hanging out with many of the
>> leading clarinetist of the time back in the 60's.
>>
>> Here is their website and good luck on # 3:
>>
>> http://www.marksmusicstore.com
>>
>> Tom Henson
>>
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