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Re: Buffet Divine: mini review

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2015-03-05 18:23

I would throw away the tenon caps. They hold moisture in, which contributes to cracking.

The Vintage is based on the original R13. The moment I tried one, I flashed back to the first R13 I owned, in the 62XXX series from 1960. It had intonation problems but had a unique sound that I loved. It was spoiled by a foolish reboring.

I now play 13XXXX and 14XXXX R13s from the early 1970s, which are better in tune and more powerful, but I still miss the early R13 sound and feel. The change in design, which included changing the position and size of the register vent, corrected the most severe of the early R13's intonation problems, at the cost of tonal sweetness.

See http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/Equipment/Intonation.html.

Ken Shaw

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