Klarinet Archive - Posting 000354.txt from 1996/12

From: Steve Prescott <mipresc@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Clarinet model question
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 12:15:17 -0500

>Hi,
>
>I have a Buffet clarinet, which I had bought as a used one 8 years ago.
>I would like to know the exact model.
>On the clarinet I have only : Buffet Crampon C(?) Paris.
>The serial number is 96800.
>
>Could anyone help me? Is it R-13 ? what year ?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Yossi

Yossi,
Your Buffet was made in 1968 which would make it an R 13. Does it
actually have a "C" on it...is it a C clarinet? I know some have an RC
(Robert Carree - acute accent over 1st "e") stamped on them. I've never
seen a clarinet stamped R 13.

Steve

Steve Prescott
Instrument Rep.Tech./ Clarinetist
Indiana State University
mipresc@-----.edu