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Re: Buffet Prestige Middle Tenon Woes...

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-08-29 20:53

Backun clarinets have a carbon fibre sleeved middle tenon which makes for a nice fit and isn't likely to bind. I worked on a Selmer Prologue which had plastic sleeved tenons and sockets, so they glided together smoothly and easily.

But the problem with Buffet Prestige tenons is like that of B&H clarinets from the mid '60s where the metal tenon rings are too narrow to be a good fit in the socket and the upper tenon ring is too short (or non-existent in B&H's case) so the only remedy is to fit a wider diameter metal tenon cap and build up the upper tenon ring to make it wider so it engages nicely in the socket. But these were mid range B&H clarinets (Edgware, Emperor and Imperial) and not Prestige level, so you'd expect a (former) top level clarinet to be well made.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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