Author: Max S-D
Date: 2018-12-29 08:15
Definitely worth overhauling!
I picked up a 1948 Buffet recently, so a bit younger than yours. My understanding is that it's pre-R13, but I've seen some reports that Buffet was already experimenting with polycylindrical bores at that point, though other things I've read seem to indicate that these were straight bores. It's different than my modern R13, for sure.
It's an interesting horn, definitely a bit less of a covered sound than my R13, but it can really take a lot of air. The lower register is powerful and the upper register picks up a fun brassiness when pushed hard where my R13 sometimes thins out a bit. That's generally when I'm pushing much, much harder than I ever have or would in an orchestral setting, but I think this instrument will be fun for all of my non-classical needs.
Anyways, it was cheap and I put about as much into getting it fixed up as I did buying it, but all in all, I've got a great instrument for under $600. In your situation, I'd say to go for it! You're probably never going to get this much horn for $250 ever again.
Just make sure to take some time to break it back in. It probably hasn't been played in years and will be all kinds of dried out by now.
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