Klarinet Archive - Posting 001165.txt from 1999/04

From: "William Fogle" <bfogle@-----.org>
Subj: [kl] Americanized French clarinets
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 22:06:55 -0400

Mark wrote:

"Francois Kloc did some research at the Buffet museum which indicates that
the R-13 designation was an "Americanism", not a designation from the
French factory - the "R-13" appellation was by the American importer of
the instruments."

This jives with what two people have told me about Selmers coming into the =
U.S.A. That the "Balanced Tone" was Selmer's parlance for American =
marketing only.

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