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Author: Djudy
Date: 2023-02-08 19:50

Hi Philip, Sorry but I am just an amateur player and not well enough traveled in the clarinet community to be able to answer your questions. I do know of and have talked with some French professional players regarding instruments, but it's a very individual thing. Nicolas Baldeyrou plays everything Buffet has come out with recently and obviously has some preferences (but apparently not an alto :( ) while François Sauzeau of the ONL helped Selmer design the Muse and employs it to great advantage in that marvelous hall the Ravel Auditorium. And I see a lot of Buffet Toscas in the Garde Republicaine clarinet ranks and among teachers. When I sought to buy a recent used professional level clarinet here in France, I had quite a bit of choice in the Buffet and Selmer instruments, but no R13s ! Many RC Prestiges, the model I adopted for reasons of sound color, price and previous ownership (symphony pro upgrading to a more recent model after a promotion), which is certainly due to the number of players who have prefered this model over the last 2 decades, rather than a defection from it. And Buffet has put out SO MANY Bb models in the last 10 years it makes my head spin ! As do the prices ! I follow the used instruments sales closely here and I have only seen 1 Divine for sale that I can remember, they probably change hands by word of mouth.

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Philip Caron

2023-02-02 02:02