Author: A Brady
Date: 2007-10-06 17:07
I would like to put in a word on this subject.
My 1967 vintage R-13 was consistently playing quite sharp, and the resistance level was getting lower, resulting in an increasingly unfocused, "tubby" sound.
I took the instrument to Guy Chadash, who replaced the bore in the upper joint with a hard rubber bore, restoring the dimensions to their original Buffet specifications; this was after Guy had measured the interior dimensions at the top of my upper joint, and found them to be very expanded.
There was an immediate and dramatic improvement in the tone and resistance of the instrument. Steve Barta of the Baltimore Symphony was there also on that day having his Chadash clarinets regulated, and, on trying my instrument after the procedure, exclaimed "amazing!" and stated that he would have bought the instrument on the spot if he had been looking for a vintage Buffet.
I also recently had Guy finish the overhaul on this same instrument, and I can truly say it is the best it has ever played.
Not all clarinets are the same, but in my case, there was a dramatic improvement from the bore replacement.
Alan Brady
AB
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