Buffet R13 A Clarinet, part 1. ins_strings Photographed in Wellington

Photographed in Wellington

accompanying dancers in salons

alongside ten other extraordinary instruments

Hardtke instruments are known for their traditionally hammered copper bowls

This oboe is one of the smallest spaces photographed for this collection and was an enormous challenge to capture

Buffet R13 A Clarinet, part 1. ins_strings Photographed in WellingtonThis is a detailed examination of the bell of an exquisite Buffet R13 Clarinet in A. The microscopic white pores inherent to the African Blackwood, ordinarily undetectable to the unaided eye, become a stellar array akin to a star filled galaxy. There is a faint warm radiance that is diffused from the light filtering through the glass mouthpiece at the opposite end. To achieve this level of magnified clarity, ensuring every detail from the forefront to