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Author: Erica
Date: 2001-03-14 00:38
I was reading through the Buffet clarinet catalog today and found out that Buffet's intermediate and student model instruments (which would be the E11, E12, E13, B10 & B12) are pitched at (A) 442. Their bass & harmony clarinets are too. Their R13, RC, & Vintage instruments are pitched at (A) 440. They list the Elite as 440/442 so I don't know what's up there.
Anyway, I think that that's the major difference between intermediate and pro, at least in Buffet's case.
Erica
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Author: Bob Curtis
Date: 2001-03-14 16:52
Erica:
Most symphony orchestras have traditionally tuned to A-440 and this is the reason that the "pro" models are marked as such. This does not mean that you could not tune a 442 model to A-440. It could be done with a A-442 by using a sleightly shorter barrell and some adjustment. My older Selmer and Buffet clarinets are A-440 and I have no trouble with the 442 tuning when playing with bands at all.
Bob Curtis
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Author: Corey
Date: 2001-03-14 23:54
wouldn't you need a longer barrell? A-442 means it's sharper isn't it? i have a buffet E-11 and it always plays sharp (i have to pull out when i tune ).
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Author: Blake
Date: 2001-03-16 14:30
My old R-13 (1973) must be tuned to A-442.. i always have to pull out and should probably look to getting a longer barrel. My fear has always been that moisture will collect at the top of the top joint because of the gap from pulling out and cause cracking. Blake
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-03-16 21:23
Please keep in mind that a properly designed clarinet is meant to be pulled out a bit in a normal room temperature environment (i.e. 72°F). Otherwise if you were playing in a cool room, you would have no leeway to push in to tune. When you are somewhere that it is even warmer than 72°F, you will need to pull more.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-03-17 09:07
Blake: If the gap is very small moisture will be DRAWN there and STAY there by "capillary forces" - that which causes the moisture to collect in a dish cloth or towel. As the gap increases the capillary forces reduce and the moisture is more likely to not get there, and more likely to flow away. (Like a mesh curtain with big gaps betwen threads is useless for drying something)
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2001-03-18 15:16
I have an R-13 but the other 1st clarinetist in my orchestra has an E-11. That would explain why she always has to pull out her barrel a lot. You learn something new every day.
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