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Odd serial number for modern Buffet Limite R13

Author: azuka
Date: 2007-12-22 18:14

l've looked at a nice Buffet Crampon Limite. My understanding is that these are very similar to the early R13's. Really, they have so many versions these days I get confused.

Here's the weird thing, the serial number has a K prefix! What's that all about? I know that the standard serial number with no prefix is A=440 and the F prefix means A=442, but what is a K?

Anybody know?

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Re: Odd serial number for modern Buffet Limite R13

Author: Neal Raskin
Date: 2007-12-22 19:37

hmm...never seen that before. maybe try validating the serial number with buffet's website. enter the number in here:
http://www.buffet-crampon.com/en/instruments.php

good luck
Neal R

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Re: Odd serial number for modern Buffet Limite R13

Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2007-12-22 20:13

Not unusual. See:

http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=187750&t=187750

for a discussion of the serial number.

Also see:

http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=260688&t=260614

for a discussion of the history of the model. (You can skip the early messages until you come to GBK's post because they are full of misinformation that GBK clears up.)

The K-prefix has been used for years for the E13 -- and that is apparently what the Limite actually is. It is not an R13, nor was it based on the R13. As Vytas points out, it is basically an intermediate model.

BTW, unless it has changed recently (yet again), the current serial number list does not take prefixes.

Best regards,
jnk

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