Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2013-06-08 14:08
"I could never understand why anyone would have a new Buffet or any other brand, overhauled right away...."
Fair comment, in an ideal world, but the world of instrument manufacture is far, far from perfect.
Putting aside the semantics of overhaul/adjustment/ and other terms referring to attention to the function of an instrument, I find it is rare that any clarinet comes from a factory playing as well as it should, and Buffet is no exception.
That is typically because of such things as the ring keys' pads closing at the "back" more than the "front", poor bridge key adjustment, poor venting for side Eb/Bb, a register key pad that has not been profiled for less air turbulence, and most notably, Eb/ and F/C not closing well (for one or more of several possible reasons).
For Buffet, if the instrument has bladder pads, then expect the membrane to be so thin and brittle that they will start splitting within a year or two.
Other than possible attention to the whims of timber, there should never be any need for any sort of "breaking in" if these things are attended to, and IMO they should be attended to before sale, which in my experience rarely happens. (That would eat into the profit of the sale rather!)
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