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Re: Vintage A Clarinet

Author: Max S-D
Date: 2020-07-14 04:47

Check to see if that 66 actually measures 66mm and hasn't been cut in the intervening 70 years since the number was stamped on it. I got a 1948 Buffet for cheap a while back and initially thought I'd wasted my money getting it put into playing condition. It was so sharp in the left hand!

Then I realized the barrel had been cut down to 60mm. I put the 66 from my R13 on and it was normal enough. Intonation is a little worse for me than on my R13, but I've played that one for 16 years, so that's obviously what I'm used to at this point. It's a great clarinet, though.

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