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RE: What is my Auguste Buffet Clarinet

Author: jim lande (lande @ erols.com)
Date: 1999-01-31 16:09

Dave Cooper wrote:
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I have some more information. The clarinet is very old. It has a simple fingering system, what a shame, I still don't know how old or if it has any value to anyone. My wife wants to learn the clarinet and will therefore require one with the modern 'Boem'(i think?) finguring system

The key to whether or not the clarinet is at all usable is not the fingering system but the pitch. Buffet made some albert system clarinets that were high pitch. I have one that has lovely tone. But, you cannot play it with anyone. I paid $200 for it -- but I didn't know about pitch. I
gather that it is worth less than $100. High quality low pitch albert system clarinets fetch about $250 on eBay.

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