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Author: bwilber
Date: 2006-07-07 11:33
I bought a nice old Buffet circa 1955 off of Ebay and it's in the shop getting a complete overhaul. My only problem with the clarinet is that evidently it had a loose lower bell ring and somebody at one time took a chisel and went all around the ring and tried to punch the ring onto the clarinet so it wouldn't move. So now the ring is quite flawed. I still thought that it was worth the overhaul ($230.00) but I was told that it's pretty impossible to replace or fix that lower ring. Any comments? Thanks
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2006-07-07 12:38
I was told that the machine that presses the bell rings on is unique to the industry and found only clarinet making factories. That in itself is only one problem. The other is getting the existing ring off without damaging the bell (perhaps not worth the effort).
My only solution to the problem besides ignoring it, would be to find a replacement bell.
.........Paul Aviles
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Author: susieray
Date: 2006-07-07 14:09
Bonnie,
In most cases the older Paris Evettes and Evette & Schaeffers have bells that will fit on the R13 just fine. You might be able to get your hands on
one of those for a lot less than the cost of an R13 bell. Just an idea.
Sue
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Author: Bruno
Date: 2006-07-07 16:14
Incidentally, and just to ease your mind about having a different bell on your horn than the original, for many years Buffet has been sending "clarinets" and bells and barrels to America separately. IOW, when the "clarinets" arrive here, they consist of only the serial-numbered upper and the lower joints. The importer (Buffet on Long Island, I think) slaps a barrel and a bell on to the joints out of his stock, puts it in a case and calls it a clarinet (with no quotes from me now because it IS a clarinet).
When I bought mine in the seventies, I asked why the bell had a better finish than the rerst of the horn. That was the reason.
Is Buffett still doing it? Don't know but would guess "yes".
Another thought - you might be better off with a new bell anyway because it sounds as though at one time in your clarinet's lifetime the grenadilla in the bell dried out and shrank considerably. That's why it was hammered on. So maybe good riddance, eh?
Best,
b/
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2006-07-07 17:25
I'm with the other ones - get a new one if it bugs you.
For the old one I suggest you glue a plastic lid on the big end, put a punched metal lid on the small one et voilà your buffet salt shaker. Fits any decent dinner table. ![[cool]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/cool.gif)
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Ben
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-07-07 19:59
I was thinking of a candlestick holder - that'd look good in the mantlepiece, and useful if you're plagued with powercuts.
So it's not only Lark oboes that get turned into candlesticks!
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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