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Re: buffet S1

Author: MRSax
Date: 2018-01-02 01:03

Hi, it really annoys me when people rubbish the Buffet S1 . I have been a multi woodwind session musician for many years and have used a Buffet S1 clarinet from new, bought in roughly late 1978/1980. I know of at least one principle radio orchestral musician who switched his pair of B&H 1010( which he had a sound on like the side of a house) for a pair of S1 and got an even better sound. I personally know some world class woodwind musicians who use and have used an S1 and swear by them, and I have yet to try an R13 that has impressed me. Very stuffy LH C#/G# and RH G/D to the point of feeling almost flat. I currently own an RC, two x S1 a 1010 and an R13 which I dislike. I cannot for the life of me understand why Buffet stopped making them. The sound on both of my S1 is bigger that the RC. The latest S1 was purchased so I have a spare, and it plays equally as well as the first, with an enormous sound. The great clarinettist 'Mitchell Laurie' used an S1 for many years. I fail to see how it could remotely be described as Stuffy. Also, they have never slit or cracked, something that seems to be a common theme on new or nearly new Clarinets. I would recommend these instruments to anyone for their wonderful sound and relative cheap expense, and have several pupils who use them and They have made similiar observation to me.

Post Edited (2018-01-03 18:42)

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