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Re: Buffet unstained wood

Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-10-15 18:38

It's an alcohol based dye, so it's basically the same thing as colouring the entire surface with a permanent marker pen.

If you want to remove the dye, then that's fairly easily done by wiping over the surface with a cloth soaked in alcohol.

Prestige level clarinets have unstained joints, so the joints are usually (but not always) selected for the best colour and grain match.

Buffet only stain their clarinets to appeal to the American market where image is everything. There was an instance at an exhibition in the US where some people didn't like the look of Howarth clarinets as the wood wasn't all uniform looking like Buffets. That's only because Buffet stain their clarinets for that appearance.

It has no impact on the tone nor playability - it's purely cosmetic.

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

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