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New Buffet R-13 opinions

Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2017-10-17 08:29

It's been a while since I posted or read this bboard. I stopped playing a couple of years ago and even went so far as to sell off my equipment. I kept my Backun mouthpiece...just in case.

After playing many years with an international orchestra I settled on one standard clarinet, the Buffet R-13 green line. I have a big gig (which I tried to get out of but failed) coming in a few weeks and went to work finding a new Buffet R-13 green line. Not as easy as it sounds. Had to settle for the real wood.

Ordered from my favorite place and put it together for a test run and was almost instantly put off by the sound. The old familiar Buffet sound was gone. The wood didn't seem as rich as in times past. The bell didn't fit onto the bottom joint properly and back in the box it went. I went to see my local dealer and he told me the rules on Grenadilla wood had changed and Buffet no longer keeps its stash of Grenadilla as many years as they did in the past.

Am I the only one who has noticed this diminished sound quality? I used to play-test dozens a year for people when I was in that business. It's not like I don't know anything about the way they should sound. And no, it doesn't have anything to do with my absence from the regular gig scene. I still played a couple of times a year.

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