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Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-11-02 23:05
The Buffet bassoon arrived on Tuesday and it turned out to be high pitch - it was when I was unpacking it I compared the joint lengths with my Selmer (Paris) bassoon which is pretty much a Buffet copy and they were shorter, then I checked the tuning with an electronic tuner and it was nearly a semitone sharp across the range (well, as much as a range it had taking the leaks into account) - both my Selmer (Paris) and Orsi (Heckel system) bassoons play at 440Hz and this Buffet was definitely at 452Hz. It seems he was given some bad information about it's pitch when he had it valued by his local music shop, so the fault isn't with the seller.
I emailed the seller and explained this, he called me not long afterwards as I left my number in my email and we had a good chat, he was very understanding about the problem and is going to refund me - I sent the bassoon back to him the following day.
Such a shame as this bassoon is in remarkable condition - obviously the pads and corks are shot, but the wood, steel screws and unplated nickel silver keys and crook were all in amazing condition.
But had it been pitched at 440Hz then it would have been worthwhile rebuilding.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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