Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2010-03-07 19:52
Older Buffets, particularly those from before the introduction of the R13, are likely to have had the bore reamed out. Look down the upper joint bore from the top. If the part above the register vent is dull, it's been reamed, and the instrument will probably be incurably out of tune.
You should also figure in the cost of a new barrel. Older barrels almost always have shrunk, expanded or been reamed. (Of course, a hand-made barrel will usually make a big improvement in a new clarinet, too.)
Ken Shaw
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