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Re: Buffet Prestige alto

Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-08-15 12:49

I did read on here ages back that it was said that Buffet's deep clarinets tend to play more like sopranos in terms of ease and tone, whereas Selmers have more tonal weight - the Selmer bass being dubbed as a 'wooden bari sax' and the Buffet Prestige bass being dubbed as a 'large soprano clarinet'.

So maybe the same is true with Buffet altos.

As alto clarinets are a bit of a rarity in the UK and only a few concert bands have them (my local town band has two altos, so that in itself is indeed unique!), most players don't invest much on altos and tend to play plastic Bundys, old Normandys, wooden Noblets, a few pro Leblancs and even less Selmer Series 9 altos. I've yet to see a Buffet or Yamaha alto here.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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