Klarinet Archive - Posting 000498.txt from 1998/08

From: "Dee Hays" <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] R13 before 1950's?
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 22:40:37 -0400

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

>>>Good question. I don't know enough about the R13's history even to
>>have
>>>thought about it. The S/N is 54033. I could be wrong about when it
>>was made
>>>(I didn't buy it until around 1962) or maybe it isn't even an R13.

I believe that Buffet's web page gives the history of the R13 and states
that it came out in the 1950's. However it would be best if you check that
for yourself as it has been awhile since I did any checking of the
manufacturers' web pages. Of course Buffet was making professional horns
decades before they came out with the R-13 and some sellers who don't know
the difference simply call them all R-13's even though they are not.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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