Buffet B-Flat Clarinet ins_strings as if you're standing under

as if you're standing under the cables of some giant suspension bridge

In addition to his performing career

This light is not artificial colour

documenting generations of repairs from New Zealand craftsmen

Buffet B-Flat Clarinet ins_strings as if you're standing underThis photograph reveals the interior of a French Buffet Crampon B Flat Clarinet, created with the generous assistance of Windcraft in Melbourne, Australia. Crafted from African Blackwood, the instrument appears almost jet black to the naked eye. Yet at extreme magnification, the timber tells a different story. Flecks of red and warm brown emerge within the grain, subtle colours hidden beneath the polished exterior. What seems uniform from the outside