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Re: What is wrong with Buffet?

Author: qp
Date: 2017-10-28 13:36

Some interesting discussion going on here...
seabreeze - Klose is indeed correct. My mistake - I meant to say within the prices of Buffet an R13 is basically a student instrument. Plus it doesn't have any of the other offerings of higher level Buffet clarinets.
So I'm not really sure why anyone is really still thinking that a Buffet R13 is the gold standard (or not, in Bob's case) of clarinet.
It's like saying that the internal combustion engine is still the best engine or that eight cylinder technology is still the best. Clearly it's not - four cylinders is more efficient, just as a Festival is an inherently better clarinet.

Bob you talk about how these clarinets play flat in this and that and out of tune here. Maybe it could be your mouthpiece setup? Trying to play a 442 instrument at 440 doesn't always work. Plus, let's not forget - we're playing instruments that are inherently built out of tune. It's a tube that overblows at the tweltfth. Acousticians need hear no more.
I have no idea who Tony Gigliotti is and I don't really care. Either way people bought more Buffets and Selmer is in the rear view mirror. Sure, they make great clarinets but not for me.

What is this grievance with the case that new Buffets ship with? It bends your keys? Which case is this? I have used a lot of Buffets over a lot of years with a lot of different cases and never had that problem. No, you don't make sense

Maybe you should have just bought a new case? That's what I did. I'm not lugging that wooden/leather box they send with clarinets around town. I buy a backpackable case. That's a no brainer.

The Yamahas maybe tune better, that's your opinion. People try 15-30 new Buffet clarinets because they want what works for them. Some people prefer freer-blowing some people do not.

I must agree with echi85 on this - a pair of Buffets will never set you back $20,000. Heck, a pair of R13s is probably less than Yamahas. And, yes, respectfully, perhaps Buffet did not want your advice or to "work for free" or whatever because of your attitude towards them or possibly because they know better.

If you're really so annoyed about a perceived need to spend $20,000 on a pair of clarinets perhaps you should direct you attention to Backun, not Buffet. Furthermore, you should consider that Buffet is a French company and Yamaha is Japanese. There are differences in labour prices, import/export duties.

I'm not sure what your personal vendetta is against Buffet, Bob, but it's clear that your arguments don't have much basis for much of what your saying and your bias is palpable.
And regardless of what clarinet you play, you have to be a good player to get a job anyway. No perfectly tuned Yamaha is going to save you there.

John

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