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Author: Wayne
Date: 2006-11-30 16:24
Hello: Just received a buffet pochette case - looks brand new. There is a patch on the inner upper lid (on the velvet) with a slit in it. Is this normal ?
The seller said that it was for a cleaning rod... which clearly sounds wrong.
Anybody have one? and is this patch normal ? the case is otherwise perfect and the patch doesn't really make much difference - just wondering what it's there for...... Thanks.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2006-11-30 16:58
Wayne wrote:
> just wondering what it's there for
Pencil holder ?
Screw driver ? ...GBK
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Author: Bnewbs
Date: 2006-11-30 17:01
I have a Buffet Bb single pochette, it does not have a patch. It does have the little ribbon thing in the top left corner of the lid that say Buffet Crampon & Cie, but thats it. Also I don't recommend this model, I've had mine is less than three years and the leather is coming apart on one end (despice being in a case cover the entire time), and the spring lid does not work any more. It looks very nice, and is small and light, but has no durability to speak of.
Ben
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Author: Wayne
Date: 2006-11-30 19:13
Just back from our trusty local store. Nobody there could figure out the patch wit the slit in it, but pencil holder it may be. Also, the case is not leather but hard shell plastic. Are all the Buffet pochette cases leather ?
Did we buy a copy ? Very small and light case.
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2006-12-01 11:39
Those little cases worry me. I don't trust them to protect the instrument from my klutziness. I don't trust the thinness of the material and I don't trust those latches.
When I buy a clarinet in a case like that, I move it into a heftier case. I like those solid, wooden Bundy cases with generous doodad compartments. (The going rate for a used, empty Bundy case in dirty but otherwise good condition at a flea market is US$2.50 to 5.00.) I do keep original cases and leave notes in them explaining what came in the cases, and notes with the clarinets directing me to the original cases, so that if I sell an instrument, I can give the new owner both the trustworthy case and the original.
Lelia
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2006-12-01 12:06
I also recommend against this case. It is very bad and will most likely break too fast. Mine had the clips (or whatever those things that are supposed to hold the case closed are called in English) break. Unfortunately they seemed like they work so it was only after my clarinet fell from the case that I realized it didn't work.
There is another small Buffet case, made of plastic, that I bought at a local store. I've never seen this case and another case that the store had in any of the USA online shops, so maybe it is not available there. It is almost as small, but shaped better (a bit more square than long and narrow) and is much more secure. Maybe you can find it somewhere?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-12-01 12:25
The patch with a slit in it in the lid cushion is for keeping a wire handled bore mop in (with bristles - they look like test tube cleaning brushes), though you're better off using a cotton pullthrough as mops don't do a good job - they only move the condensation around the bore rather than absorbing it.
These slits were common in older oboe cases, and usually manky old pheasant feathers are found lurking in them (which I generally chuck out as they're useless for any purpose they're meant to perform).
So just use it as a pencil holder.
And I'm with clarnibass in that the clasps they use don't last on these cases, so if you can get a zip up fabric case cover to fit it, then at least you know your clarinet won't end up spilling out onto the road.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Wayne
Date: 2006-12-01 17:01
Thanks everyone. I sent the case back. The pochette case looks great, but after putting my clarinet into it, it clearly doesn't provide the protection that other cases can and the latches do seem pretty flimsy. It's odd that Buffet would produce such a flimsy case !
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-12-01 20:26
These cases are made in Germany by Winter - and even the Prestige bass cases have a cheap vacuum formed plastic tray.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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