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Re: Buffet Serial #'s

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2009-09-29 15:11

A band is used only where the instrument cracks so badly, and is so unstable, that pins don't hold. Two bands means it's even worse.

The bands hold the wood together forever, at the cost of constricting the bore and, usually, making the instrument too non-resonant for orchestral work. But Ralph McLane's A clarinet had to be banded, and, at least with Moennig's skill, it remained a great instrument.

I have a 1939 Buffet Bb with two bands that plays very nicely. It's not an orchestral instrument, but it's great for practice. At least I know it won't crack.

Ken Shaw

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