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Author: Clarinet10
Date: 2010-01-27 01:14
I bought a Greenline R13 A about a year ago and all of the green dots in the wood have fallen out. Obviously, it has no effect on the sound, but is this a sign of decreasing quality in Buffet instruments? The dots fell out within a month of the purchase. My Bb still has all of its dots and I bought that 3 years ago.
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Author: Clarinet10
Date: 2010-01-27 01:45
Greenline body- 95% wood? Insignificant details for this topic...Nice call, though.
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Author: NBeaty
Date: 2010-01-27 02:48
The little green dots indicating greenline? On the barrel and such? I would guess that is about as important as the logo fading in color.
On that note, I find it annoying that the coloring of the logo fades so quickly.
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2010-01-27 03:10
t may have been wood at one time, but now it's a composite made of dust, carbon fiber and epoxy. That isn't wood.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-01-27 11:12
Mechanically recovered wood - they're the clarinet equivalent of cheap sausages, 'economy' burgers and Frankfurters - wood that's not wood.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2010-01-27 11:57)
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-01-27 11:56
Not just the green dots and logos coming off or wearing out - I polished the badge on a Tosca using only a silvercloth and the red letters came off!
It's some kind of rubbery paint they use to fill in the letters with and they just peeled off like rubbing or peeling dried Evo-Stik off a key. I filled the letters back in with a red permanent marker.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2010-01-27 14:03
"I filled the letters back in with a red permanent marker."
You sly devil!
Anyway, I don't think that the dots being there or not will affect resale value. Large scale severe wearing of the key plating will cause the price to sag much more than the green dots missing.
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Author: catkeel
Date: 2010-01-27 14:29
You would think that anything on a big time instrument costing several thousand dollars, no matter how insignificant, would last longer than that. I`ve been thinking about a new clarinet and you talked me out of a Buffet.
Bob
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2010-01-27 16:19
I'm all for Buffet - as long as it is the "all you can eat" model. ![[tongue]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie6.gif)
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Ben
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-01-27 23:17
Best to get there early instead of too late when the food's been sitting around for several hours.
I told the owner of the Tosca I refilled the red lettering with permanent marker and he didn't mind - honesty is the best policy (that was the same Tosca with the plastic case I posted a photo of on here a while back).
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2010-01-28 13:01
Fwiw, when I buy a used clarinet, I don't give half a squeak about a logo filled in with marker or decorative whatsits missing or deteriorated. I care about the things that make the clarinet play well or not and the things that can be repaired or not. A big, open crack bothers me. A faded logo? [Shrug.]
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: DixieSax
Date: 2010-01-28 15:47
I agree with Lelia. I couldn't care less about the appearance of the logo, or the identification badges, or even key tarnish. I'm looking for the condition of the wood/cracking if it's a wooden instrument, no chips or blemishes on tone hole chimneys, condition and seating of pads, action of keys (and "play" in keys on well used instruments).
Last time I checked, playing clarinet is about the sound that comes out, not the way it looks in the process. If I sounded better on a 40 year old bundy with no plating remaining and the body faded and scratched up beyond recognition, that's what I'd play, and it would not matter what anyone thought of it.
Fortunately, I'm very happy with my current set of clarinets.
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Author: donald
Date: 2010-01-30 06:43
But on the subject of Buffets... the House of Hunan (in Norman) is a good reason to go to the OK Symposium!
dn
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