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Talk To Me About Buffet DG...

Author: Chris P
Date: 2013-05-03 18:37

I'm currently servicing one at the moment and would like to know more about them.

All I know is from what I've seen in pricelists - DG stands for Daniel Gautier and the ring keys are concave which makes for a more Selmer-like feel. Just speculating, but is (or was) the DG designed to win over Selmer players to Buffet? The toneholes also appear to be much larger than an R13. I haven't measured the bore, but would like to know the official bore size before measuring it.

While it was marketed as one of their Prestige level clarinets (if my memory serves me well) and has the metal tenon rings like Prestiges, this one doesn't have a LH Ab/Eb lever fitted which I thought was standard equipment on Festival and R13/RC Prestiges, but not the DG going by this one.

This one also has a large circular recess cut into the joint above the thumb ring for the speaker key touchpiece to sink into and two more curcular recesses for the RH ring stopper corks (or felts) to sit in, presumably to give increased venting for the lower register C and E. These appear to have been done in factory, but were they done on all? This one had the recesses filled in with felt to achieve the standard joint thickness (I'm considering filling them in permanently).

I also noticed the barrel has a groove cut around the bore about halfway down its length like a miniature version of the bell groove seen on more recent RCs and Yamaha clarinets. Is this an original feature or could it have been altered? The barrel isn't marked on the back at all.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2013-05-04 10:00)

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