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Re: Buffet's 2020 German Tosca

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-06-29 09:14

Regarding whether the bore is "identical" to a French bore, I will take one more stab at an explanation. Look at the shortness of the barrel. Of course you could say, it doesn't matter where you break up the bore BUT you could not use your current Tosca barrel on the German version.

Then one assumes that the new Buffet accepts a German mouthpiece. German mouthpieces are longer, have an entirely different bore/tone chamber from French mouthpieces and play LOWER in pitch (and additionally have a thicker tenon and do not fit into the upper socket of a French clarinet barrel).

The French Tosca features the Low F correction key. There isn't one on the German version because it utilizes a huge vent on the bell. This means that the Low F and Low E are even flatter than on the French version (and therefore cannot be the same bore).

The bores of the French Tosca and the Tradition are probably MUCH closer in shape and tolerances (and I know the tradition is more purposely cylindrical).

...................Paul Aviles

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