Klarinet Archive - Posting 000473.txt from 1998/08

From: "F. Sheim" <fsheim@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] A nasty question about Buffet
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 16:22:52 -0400

Were there R-13's in the '40's? I thought that model came out in the late
'50's.

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

At 03:28 PM 8/17/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Maybe it is coincidence. I bought a new R13 in 1962 and it cracked down the
>right side (as you play it) of the upper joint within a couple of months of
>my purchase. This crack did go through the bore and through a couple of the
>trill key tone holes. I've since gotten rid of it (it never played the
>same). However, I have an older R13 (probably 1940's vintage - I bought it
>second-hand after the other one cracked) that has never cracked through many
>decades of relatively hard use. If we're compiling a list to look for
>trends, there are two to add.
>
>Karl Krelove
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: F. Sheim <fsheim@-----.com>
>To: klarinet@-----.org>
>Date: Monday, August 17, 1998 2:46 PM
>Subject: Re: Re: [kl] A nasty question about Buffet
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>>My R13 is of 1962-63 vintage. Within a month it developed a long surface
>>check that ran through the right side octave key post. I had it pinned (5
>>pins) and the horn has been fine ever since. The crack never went to the
>>bore. This is my main horn that I have used daily since I bought it new in
>>December of 1963. ($188.00!!!)
>>
>>Fred (fsheim@-----.com)
>>
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