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Re: Buffet Tosca

Author: GBK  Date:   2005-02-21 22:48 D Dow wrote: > there is the Elite, the Tosca, the Presitige and of course > shant I forget the lowley R13 Vintage...where is all this great > wood coming from????... Only Buffet knows where all the great (?) wood is coming from, so don't hold your breath for an answer. I tried the Tosca clarinet and also agree that the tone has a rather "boomy" quality with a hard edge in the clarion and altissimo. Granted, I only tried 3 different ones, but they all seemed the same. The keywork was interesting, but in my opinion, the price was way out of line for the overall product. Over the past few years I have tried out many new R-13's for students. Although a number of them were acceptable, I have yet to find one that I would have personally bought. Then again, perhaps I am just used to my own vintage (and carefully tweaked) R-13's. However, a professional colleague of mine, who I trust, recently reported to me that the most recent batch of R-13's received at a big name Buffet dealership in the NYC area was quite exceptional, with a good number of "keepers." I guess you have to be in the right place at the right time ...GBK

Topics	Author	Date
Buffet Tosca  new	donald	2005-02-21 04:30
Re: Buffet Tosca  new	OpusII	2005-02-21 07:08
Re: Buffet Tosca  new	clarnibass	2005-02-21 10:18
Re: Buffet Tosca  new	D Dow	2005-02-21 18:52
Re: Buffet Tosca	GBK	2005-02-21 22:48
Re: Buffet Tosca  new	clarnibass	2005-02-22 05:16
Re: Buffet Tosca  new	donald	2005-02-22 06:29
Re: Buffet Tosca  new	D Dow	2005-02-22 19:33
Re: Buffet Tosca  new	graham	2005-02-23 08:11
Re: Buffet Tosca  new	donald	2005-02-23 11:49
Re: Buffet Tosca  new	William	2005-02-23 14:18
Re: Buffet Tosca  new	sfalexi	2005-02-23 14:43

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