Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2017-07-25 06:10
The spacing between holes and hardware is slightly wider on the A instruments. I alternate practice between Bb and A mainly for this reason; if I neglect either one for, say, a week, then it take an annoying period of time for my fingers to reacclimate.
There's some key placement differences between the two, but maybe that's specific these instruments or to Buffet, and not really what the question asked. The thumb rest is also positioned differently on the two.
Some preferred resonance fingerings differ between my two instruments, but that may be common to any two instruments, not just my two Buffets. (?)
Similarly, some altissimo fingerings work different between the two instruments, but again maybe they'll tend to differ on any two.
The overall sound is certainly different, though as I've progressed the differences seem fewer. The Bb tends to sound a little brighter than the A.
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