Klarinet Archive - Posting 000224.txt from 2006/09

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevin.fay.home@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Question about value of clarinet
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:08:21 -0400

Kimberly Paternoster asked:

<<<I have a Buffet S1 A clarinet that I'm going to sell. I purchased it from
Pasquale Cardillo, my teacher at the time, and he played the horn in the BSO
for a few years. It's a beautiful horn, but I don't see me ever playing in
an orchestra again, so it's a shame to let it just sit in my closet and not
be used.

How much would this horn sell for? I am so far out of the loop on these
things now, I have no clue where to begin.>>>

The S-1 was popular in the late 1970's. At least here in Seattle, it was
the hot horn to have. Bill McColl at the University of Washington had
Buffet make a pair of them in boxwood; all of his students salivated
mightily, as they were pretty indeed.

As far as we could tell, it was an R-13 with the register vent moved towards
the mouthpiece a few millimeters, making the 12ths better (but stuffing up
the throat Bb - the inevitable tradeoff). Buffet has done this since on a
number of their instruments.

If Pasquale Cardillo played it in the BSO, it's likely a pretty good horn.

Value? Check Ebay. Should be as much as a similar vintage R-13, plus a few
added bucks because of its professional heritage. (This doesn't make it a
better instrument - but some folks will pay more, so collect it).

If it's pretty and the case is in good shape, I'd think you should get at
least $1,000 for it, perhaps more. That's a SWAG, of course.

Best of luck,

kjf

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