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Re: Vintage (not old) buffet. Comments

Author: Vytas
Date: 2006-05-23 02:48

Mr. Gregory Smith,

Thank you for valuable information.

I think Buffet would do better by admitting the fact that you and Mr. Guy Chadash worked on the prototype instead of trying to pass it as the reincarnation of the vintage R-13.

I understand Buffet had very little success in the US with their professional models other than the R-13. Sticking the R-13 label to the product(s) that has/have very little resemblance to the original is very smart marketing idea but it is far away from the truth.

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Francois Kloc wrote:
*****The differences between the Vintage and the regular R13 are: The Vintage is made out of Prestige wood, which is denser than the wood we are using on the Regular R13 (it doesn't mean it is better quality). I say that because many people think that we don't use poor wood to make instruments it will not work.
The Bore of the Vinatge is .02 mm smaller than the R13 on the cylinder and the entry cone is smaller too. The 12 register tube is 1 mm up and the bell is 1mm longer. It comes with adjustable thumb rest and two barrels 1 polycylindrical and 1 conical to give you two different ways to play the instrument. The conical one is engraved V2. The Vintage came out after Rene Lesieux the Rechearch and Development Manager at Buffet did a tour and met a lot of player in North America. Many of them asked him if it was possible for Buffet to make an instrument more like the first 1950' R13 and it is what Rene worked on. Francois Kloc*****
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Vytas Krass
Professional clarinet technician
Custom clarinet mouthpiece maker
Former professional clarinet player

Post Edited (2006-05-23 03:24)

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