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Author: Bob Bernardo  Date:   2017-02-14 00:17 We could be close to be at the stage where plastics and hard rubber might sound as good or come close to sounding as good as wood, or better. As a tree hugger maybe it is a good time save these trees and saving older wood instruments. I was lucky yesterday to work on some old Selmer's. They sounded great, better than the recent Buffet R13's. This one recent Buffet was all dried out, the bore, but the much older Selmer's looked fine. So if Buffet doesn't want to cure the wood properly, maybe they shouldn't be permitted to be given the wood from these trees? Maybe laws need to be enforced to companies who wish to use special woods and follow extreme procedures to help prevent waste and preserve these trees for many generations. Buffet had such great quality now it's horrible. I looked at a horn yesterday and the pads on lower joint leaked so badly if this lower joint were a boat it would sink to the bottom of the ocean. He got them here in Los Angeles and to have them adjusted there would be a 1 year waiting period at RDG Woodwinds. I can't blame RDG, I have to blame Buffet for not caring about how the horns are cured and that the pads don't seal. So if horns are made right, oiled often, good quality bore oil, once a year, keys kept oiled every 6 months, kept in mint playing condition, could a great horn made correctly last a person a lifetime? Maybe! I surely believe so. So many pros kept their horns all of there playing lives. Robert Marcellus had a 1928 pre-R13. So if he kept his in working condition with all of his playing, well we all surely can. Lets all start servicing our horns every 6 months to a year at the most. Send your horns to me if you are broke. But be honest. You have to be broke. I'll oil the bores and use special key oil. I will adjust any leaking pads to a point for free; to save a tree! People on the board who have had their horns done by me know I don't charge except for expensive parts and I do great work. I have to, I studied with the best. Hans Moennig and Robert Marcellus took his horns to Moennig. Lets write to Buffet and politely ask them to improve on their products. They don't need 5 plus different pro models. Just a great R13 will be fine, or whatever they wish to call it. Same with other companies who offer 5 different pro models. We only need one great pro model and one fine student model. I'll close with this. I offered for free to help Buffet. They ignored me. If we all write maybe they will take pride and save some trees and make amazing quality horns. KLOSE - GREAT post... Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces Yamaha Artist 2015 Post Edited (2017-02-14 00:31)

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