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Re: Buffet mouthpieces

Author: NBeaty
Date: 2018-01-02 20:52

I now have a headache from examining their current lineup.

It is curious how they do provide a tip opening and facing length measurement for their headache inducing line, but not for their ICON pieces. It's a fair bet that their version of "Classic" and "Longer tip" (also safe to assume there was a translation error and they meant LARGER tip) are still more open than what is more common in the US.

Except for a well reworked Buffet\Chedeville from the mid 20th century, it would be pretty surprising to hear that a professional\serious player, in the US especially, had chosen to play an ICON over the copious amount of available options that are no doubt superior in most every way.

They still make some good instruments, despite their consistency issues. I'm convinced that most any instrument I choose, even if new, will require a trip to the repair tech to have cork pads installed on the upper joint and a variety of adjustments customized to me that I wouldn't (and shouldn't) expect on a new horn.

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