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Author: jonathan.wallaceadams
Date: 2016-11-04 17:32
Hello, currently I'm playing on a Buffet E11 and I desperately need a professional instrument within the coming year. I've narrowed my choices down to these two instruments. What are the differences between the Festival and the Tradition? Thank you
Edit: I hear that the Festival has a poly-cylindrical bore and the Tradition has a cylindrical bore. How does this effect your playing and the tuning and intonation.
Just an aspiring student.
Buffet Tradition
Mpc.: Hawkins "G", Barrel: Moba, Reeds: Reserve 3.5+
Post Edited (2016-11-04 19:20)
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Author: dorjepismo ★2017
Date: 2016-11-04 23:37
Are most Buffets "poly-cylindrical," or reverse conical, i.e., tapered from wider at the barrel to narrower somewhere toward the bottom of the upper joint? My understanding is that "poly-cylindrical" is a 19th century French innovation where the barrel, upper joint and lower joint were all cylindrical but with different diameters, and that things are a lot more complicated now, technology having advanced quite a lot since then.
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2016-11-05 03:32
I think that the modern usage of polycylindrical stem from the early 1950s redesign of the R13.
It implies multiple (typically 3) separate cylindrical sections, but blended gently into each other, and all occuring in approx the top 40% of the upper joint.
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2016-11-06 02:40
I think that the primary reason for introducing most pertubations in the bore of a clarinet is to "improve" the intonation across the range of the scale.
Intonation on the clarinet can never be perfect, so improve is a somewhat subjective term.
However making any bore modification will also inevitably have some effect on the tone and response of a clarinet as well as on intonation.
Whether or not it works for you, and/or you like it, can only be judged by you the player.
This is why for so many years the Buffet professional range was based around either the R13 bore and th RC bore.
Just subtle bore differences but it gave good players a choice of compromise.
Most USA players seem to prefer the R13 derivatives whereas most European players favoured the RC type models.
You pays your money and makes your choice.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2016-11-06 06:43
In addition to the Festival and the Tradition, I recommend that you try the Vintage, which is a close copy of the original 1955 R13. You must adjust for the intonation problems of that design, but in return you get a unique intimacy between you and the instrument and a tone that sings.
Ken Shaw
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