Klarinet Archive - Posting 000211.txt from 1999/05

From: Sfdr@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] The History of the R-13 CLARINET
Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 03:35:31 -0400

Thanks for the kind words. I would love to have a copy of your 1941 Buffet
Brochures. If you would like a copy of Mr. Moennig's innovations for
clarinet, Please E mail me your street address.
Thank
you,
Alvin
Swiney

Affordable Music Co.
P. O.
Box 4245

Virginia Beach, VA 23454

757-412-2160 fax 412-2158
E
mail sfdr@-----.com

<< I would like to thank Mr. Alvin Swiney for his most comprehensive response
to
my comments and questions about the R-13 Buffet Clarinet. I have just
returned from a trip to Chicago and have been trying to catch up on my mail.

While in Chicago, I took the time to visit Boosey and Hawkes in
Libertyville.
They have a very nice facility. I was disappointed that Francois Kloc was
not there, but I had a very nice chat with Mark Sorlie, the Dealer Service
Manager. He seemed very happy to view the Buffet literature I have from
1941
and made a copy of it for Francois Kloc. He provided some information that
about the R-13 but not too much about the history. I had my Buffet
mouthpiece with me in the hope that he could identify the type I had,
because
my mouthpiece did not have one of the six letters [A.B.C.D.E.F] inscribed on
it. Unfortunately he was not able to help me. He was kind enough to give
me
the latest catalogs for the Buffet Clarinets and the Keilwerth Saxophones.
Returning to Mr. Swiney's comments, I can certainly see from the literature
I
have that the R-13, R-13 1/2,R-14,R-14 1/2, R-16, and the R-16 3/4 were
intended as the professional models with the E-13 Evette-Schaeffer Clarinet
as a less expensive professional model made in the Buffet factory with the
same bore and wood. The difference seemed to be the hand finishing of the
key mechanism and the final tuning. I just noted that the professional
models were tuned by Monsieur Lefebvre, France's greatest clarinetist,
according to the literature. The Evette clarinet, Model E-10, sponsored by
Buffet, was made in another factory, and I suppose was meant to be an entry
level clarinet. The only thing that bothers me about the labeling of the
Buffet clarinets is that, knowing there was a designation of R-13 in America
for the older series clarinets, why Buffet didn't designate the
poly-cylindrical by another label instead of continuing the R-13 label to
avoid the confusion that was certain to follow. I guess that is something
we
will never know. I am sure some of you may feel that I've been a pain in
the
---- about this labeling thing. I just wanted to clear up this thing for
myself. I do have a question though. Does any clarinet manufacturer make a
Bb clarinet with more than 18 keys and 6 rings. My thanks again to you, Mr.
Swiney, for your information. And to everyone else, thanks for letting me
raise these questions.

>>

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