Author: seabreeze
Date: 2016-05-02 20:51
Stafann,
You realize that any of us giving you advice like this from a distance and not seeing or trying the instrument in question are just taking a stab in the dark. If you can try the instrument for yourself or with a good clarinet player you know, that is always infinitely better. Everything the previous posters have said is perfectly reasonable based on experience with these instruments, but, then again, the particular clarinets you have in your list may or may not run true to form. There are "ringers" much better than the usual and real klinkers in any of these brands and models.
Having said all that caveat emptor (buyer beware) warning stuff, let me add that Buffet S1 clarinets can play really well. They were designed as professional level clarinets and were used by some top professionals, including Mitchell Lurie. A good one should be very, very good. Since you have doubts about the Buffet R13, it is likely(but not certain, or course) that the Buffet S1 is the best of the lot. If I had to pick one without trying any (which I really would not want to do), it would be the Buffet S1. Do you have my guarantee on this? No, I only guarantee that this advice is indeed a "wild stab in the dark."
Post Edited (2016-09-29 18:25)
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