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Re: Selmer and LeBlanc Clarinets vs Buffet?

Author: Iceland clarinet
Date: 2009-04-13 23:29

Well I have not sampled many so I can't really say but If you try say 50 Buffet R-13s you could find one that is as good as any R-13 Prestige or so have I been told by several professional players so with a great R-13 you would have the same model as R-13 Prestige and the only difference would be the extra left Ab/Eb key. But in fact as marketing by Buffet is that the difference between R-13 and R-13 Prestige is that the Prestige has unstained wood(more dense) , the extra Ab/Eb left key and metal caps on the tenon.

But the price does not say too much about the quality. Many players find that a good R-13(hard to find) at 3000$ is as good or even better than Buffet Tosca at 6000$ and also the retail price in USA for R-13 Prestige is around 5000$ while the Festival which is also Prestige(metal tenon caps,unstained wood and extra left Ab/Eb key) is priced at 3200$ and the R-13 Vintage around 3600$ while all these models(R-13 Prestige,RC Prestige,Festival and Vintage) are priced the same for example in UK and why that is I do not understand so maybe someone at Buffet in Florida can tell us why this is. Maybe it's because R-13 Prestige is more popular who knows.

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