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Re: Buffet 1183R and 1185R experience?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2022-08-15 20:59

"Just out of curiosity, why is removing the lower part of the instrument useful?"

As well as those instances where you don't need low Db/C# or low C (and you do on other occasions), it will be useful having a convertible bass if you're playing somewhere that has chairs so low that you end up sat with your knees hitting your chin and a shorter bass will mean the mouthpiece isn't hitting you in the forehead if it was a regular Prestige/Tosca or similar low C bass with a bell key, or worse still if it's an older pre-'99 low C Prestige bass which has an even longer lower joint (with no bell key).

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

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