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Re: Made in China "Buffet:

Author: BartHx
Date: 2011-03-03 16:41

I buy instruments from that auction site, but I guess my approach gives me some protection from fakes and might be useful for "unsuspecting parents" looking for a good instrument for junior, too. My hobby is restoring and playing older Selmers (series 10 and before). If you are patient, you can find a 9 or 10 for $300 to $400. A good tech (I do my own) can put it back to a condition as good or better than new and you will still be under the cost of a new instrument of similar quality. For the younger player, this will give them a fine instrument that will serve them as long as they need it, unless they become a performance major. On the plus side, I doubt there are many people going to the trouble of faking an older instrument (from a time when there were many fewer fakes), so your chances of getting the real thing are greatly improved. On the negative side, you might have to put up with being the one using an instrument that is not a new copy of the latest popular model.

In our community band we have a few Buffets, but mostly older Selmers. Awhile back, I gave one of the Buffet players a CT to try out with his own mouthpiece. He was amazed that the biggest difference he noticed was the slightly different key shapes. He is an outstanding player and his tone was nearly identical on the CT.

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