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Re: What was wrong with the Buffet Elite?

Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2020-01-24 21:17

The OP suspected intonation issues with the Elites, but for me those clarinets have actually been the best tuning ones that I've tried ever. I tried out three B-flat specimens which I think were the first ones that came to Stockholm/Sweden (probably also the last ones

), and all three were also very consistent concerning intonation. At the time I played on a Selmer C85 120 mouthpiece.

At the same time the Yamaha Reform Boehm clarinets had just came out, and since I preferred their tone/timbre they eventually became my choice. Intonation however was a lot better on the Elites.

Later I've changed to other Reform Boehm clarinets, but after a recent change in my embouchure I realized first hand how much different embouchures can change not only such as the tone but also the intonation (in my case like a teeter-totter with previously sharp upper clarion and third register notes going down and the lower register notes going up). Thus if I would try out the Elites today, I don't think they would tune at all as good for me as they did some 30 years ago.

Post Edited (2020-01-24 21:25)

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