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Re: buffet festival

Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2003-12-06 03:43

clarisax wrote:

> 1. is the festival made of denser prestige wood? the
> marketing for this instruments leads me to beleive this,
> however when i asked the man at my music store, he said that it
> was not.

I can't see any difference between the wood on the Prestige & my son's Festival. It probably doesn't matter anyway.

> 2. is it true that the festival is "jazzier" "brighter"
> sounding than the prestige?

It sounds different than an R13 (which a Prestige really is).

> 3. is my current set-up ( a richard hawkins B mouthpiece, vd
> 56 size 4 reeds, and an olegature) a good match with this
> horn's bore size and proportions?

You won't know until you try it. Even the "same" mouthpieces differ enough among themselves.

> 4. in general, is the festival a better value than the
> prestige...considering it is about $1000 difference?

I think so - YMMV.

> 5. is it true that festivals are exactly the same as an R13 but
> with the extra Eb key?

No. The register placement and tone hole spacing is significantly different - the intonation compromises on a Festival are different than the compromises on an R13.

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2003-12-06 03:38

Re: buffet festival new

Mark Charette

2003-12-06 03:43