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Re: What is up with Buffet Prestige pricing?

Author: Tobin
Date: 2019-04-12 23:53

I had a beautiful Festival A purchased in 2000. Played fantastically. On a couple of occasions I loaned it to friends, much more successful performers than I who were in an emergency, and each one asked that I let them know when/if I was going to sell it.

About six years ago I decided to find a Festival Bb to match it. I ordered three from a service (not worth bothering to mention who). None of the three were anything like the A. A month later I attended a Frank Cohen Masterclass at VCU, and another service had many (12? 16?) R13's and Festivals on hand to try. Nothing that matched what I had, tonally or responsively, in any way.

I ended up buying Yamaha CSG's that were the best A/Bb match I've ever had. The Festival A went to a student who is now at Oberlin.

James

Gnothi Seauton

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