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Author: SecondTry
Date: 2021-08-08 21:47
It's not fair to look at the number of people who've left a brand for another without also examining the market share that the departed brand holds.
Put another way, it's easier to point out the people who've left Buffet for other brands, (mostly in my scope Backun) than it is for---by way of pure example--the same analysis to happen with, say.............Rossi clarinets: nothing whatsoever against Rossi clarinets.
Rossi's for argument sake may be fine instruments: but nobody believes they hold the bulk of the market share, and with less people using them, there's less people leaving them: simply numbers in no way meant to, again, disparage Rossi or any clarinet maker.
But this said, how many Backun converts are going back to Buffet with time? If the numbers are few, and despite being a life long Buffet player, I might be inclined to think that on the whole Backun's offerings are better than Buffets if the migration back is slim, confirmational bias notwithstanding.
Post Edited (2021-08-08 21:48)
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2021-08-08 22:39
Back in the day there was Selmer and Buffet (for the most part) period. So there was no "switching" per se, just jazz players and classical players. I was really enthusiastic to see other makers give Buffet a run for its money (kind of a "stick it to the man") when that started happening. But my view of this has changed to a more practical one of late.
If you actually HEAR and FEEL a difference in timbre and tuning, one that causes real joy with one over another, then you clearly need to use the horn that fills that need. However, if you are not really cognizant of any major difference, you'd be better off sticking with a Buffet R13 because you can't really go wrong with that (I actually did that coming from 12 years on Oehler system Wurlitzers........no contemporary frame of reference.......needed to just get a decent mouthpiece, I couldn't even make a call on that properly for almost a year).
I just saw a posted video here of the assistant principal of a the National Symphony speaking about a Mopane wood Uebel as the best choice for the hall he plays in most often.......and that's cool. I just think our tracking that as anything other than, "oh that's interesting," is a waste of time.
..................Paul Aviles
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