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Author: Frank Horton
Date: 1999-04-28 19:40
I am currently looking to buy a used Buffet. The music company has sold me a R-13 with option to return by tomorrow. According to the serial number it looks to be made in 1976. When I let my daughter's music teacher look at it they said it looked to be in good shape but was not a R-13 but a RC.
The teacher thought the RC was a model 'under' the R-13 and that I should continue looking. I was looking today and saw NEW -RC- Buffet's but they were not 'under' the R-13. Would this 'older' model be something else?
Does anyone know if the old RC's are a step above the R-13? Or,are they below?
Thanks,
Frank
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Author: Gary Van Cott
Date: 1999-04-28 20:00
There shouldn't be any "thought" about it. If it is an RC is should be printed below the Buffet logo above the throat A key. RCs are very popular in Europe. As far as I know they stand at the same level as the R-13 in Buffet's line.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-04-29 01:10
RC stands for Robert Carreé, the "inventor" of the polycylindrical bore clarinet. The R-13 produced in the early 1950s was Carreé's design. The RC, as Gary pointed out, is basically the same as an R-13 with a slightly different bore and sound designed by Carreé a bit after the R-13. It is by all means and measure the "equal" of a standard R-13.
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Author: Joris van den Berg
Date: 1999-04-30 00:02
RC was originally a developement piece of designer Robert Care (i probably didn't spell his name wright). The main difference between this instrument and the R-13 is the bore design. All I know is: a) In Europe the R-13 isn't sold (it's offered perhaps, but it isn't sold), people buy an E-13 or an RC, but never a R-13. I think it's a matter of preference which one is the better.
I don't exactly know when the first RC's appeared, but it could perhaps be that there where some early experimental examples of RC instruments which due to lack of experience and developement didn't match R-13's but if that isn't the case for the 1976 instrument (if it's in tune and responds nicely), i don't see any reason to chose a R-13 above a RC if you like the RC. The build quality should be equal.
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