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Re: Buffet Crampone...Help...

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2017-01-16 05:54

Bajan wrote:

> As a complete novice here, I am, I think getting mixed signals
> that this horn is either a polycylindrical or straight bore
> type.
> Anyone can send me to a site to confirm?

Without intending any disparagement at all, I'm wondering whether or not you like the instrument. If you do, I'm wondering why, other than maybe simple curiosity, it matters if the bore is cylindrical or polycyclindrical. It's apparently an old clarinet - Norman has dated it in the late 1940s or early 1950s. It will play the same way, whether the bore is polycyclindrical or not, so if you like the way it plays, maybe it doesn't matter.

I think (but may be corrected by people here who are more knowledgeable about clarinet design) that you can maybe get an answer about the bore shape by measuring the top and bottom bore openings of the upper section. Both of my regular clarinets are Selmer 10Gs, which are definitely polycylindrical. On both, the top (entry) bore is measurably larger (using a vernier caliper) than the bottom (exit) opening. My understanding is that a cylindrical bore would measure more uniformly until the bottom flare begins somewhere in the lower section. If you have a caliper, you might check and see how your Buffet measures.

Karl

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