Klarinet Archive - Posting 000752.txt from 1998/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fw: Buffet E13
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:08:21 -0400

At 01:53 PM 8/25/98 +0100, Roger Shilcock wrote:
>Maybe we need a survey on this. I never saw a clarinet which I remember to
>be like this till I saw a R13. I'm pretty sure the old Boosey instruments
>didn't have this feature. Personally, I haven't seen enough different
>clarinets to be certain about dates, models, and so on.
>Roger S.
>
>
>On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, F. Sheim wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 08:09:19 -0400
>> From: "F. Sheim" <fsheim@-----.com>
>> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>> Subject: Re: [kl] Fw: Buffet E13
>>
>> How recent do you mean? My 1963 R13 has the pin-hole type of left hand
>> levers.
>>
My old Rene Dumont, purchased WELL-used in 1969, has the pin-hole levers.
It must date to AT LEAST the 1950's.

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