Klarinet Archive - Posting 000199.txt from 1998/10

From: "Dee Hays" <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] earliest dates of R13s
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 23:08:54 -0400

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From: LeliaLoban@-----.com>
Date: Saturday, October 03, 1998 7:48 PM
Subject: [kl] earliest dates of R13s

>I bought a Buffet grenadilla Bb clarinet this morning that I would identify
as
>an R13, except that the serial number dates it at 1937. I've been fumbling
>through the archives and puzzling over the information. Some people say
that
>all Buffets with no model name are R13s, while others say that R13s from
the
>1950s are "early". Someone referred in passing to a 1935 Buffet as an R13.
I
>couldn't find follow-ups to that comment. Were R13s made as early as my
1937?
>(When does that model begin?) The clarinet is marked on all its pieces
with
>"Buffet Crampon a Paris" (the logo), "Made in France," the serial number
and
>nothing else.

According to Buffet's own web page, the R-13 was introduced in the 1950's.
Thus an older one would not be an R-13 however it should still be a very
good horn. After all, Buffet was in business for a couple of hundred years
or so before introducting the R-13 model.

As far as the case, I and my husband were successful in getting the odors
out of a sax case by repeated treatments with Lysol spray disinfectant. At
worst it might fade the material, but we did not experience any fading.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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