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Re: Logic vs Gut? Picking new Clarinet

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2017-08-18 01:54

The adjectives "centered" and "luminous" do describe the ideal sound that many Buffet advocates are looking for and sometimes find. And you might also add "elegant." Trying many clarinets recently at the ICA, I did not find that mix of qualities on most of the clarinets there (including the R13s) but I did find it in some of the Buffet Prestige R13s (but not Buffet RC Prestiges) and surprisingly in the Selmer Seles Presence!

These qualities are ideal but they are not illusory. They may come as much from the player as from the instrument, but some (few) instruments allow the player to highlight and intensify them.

There are many very fine clarinets that do not have these qualities but have others that may compensate for them or that some players may prefer. The Selmer Signature, for example or the Yamaha CSG models. Rich, lush, covered sounds, dark like chocolate--yes. But centered and luminous and elegant in the best Buffet way--no. One is not "better" than the other; some great players want one thing and others want something else.

I would never bet that players in a blindfold test would reliably distinguish any given Buffets from an assortment of other brands. But you can be sure that they would identify that ideal Buffet sound when they hear it, even if it is coming from another brand. "Yes, that's the sound." They do know what they're looking for but maybe not always exactly where to find it.

Post Edited (2017-08-18 02:12)

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