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Author: Susie
Date: 2001-12-04 14:14
A local music store is selling a Buffet C 13 B flat Clarinet for about $300 less than an R13.
I've looked in the archives and there is some mention of them in a discussion in 1999 but that discussion also keeps referring to an Evette Schaeffer model as a C13...
Does anyone know about these Buffet C13's or know anything about them?
I do know that it is German made, grenadilla wood, with silver plated keys.... But how do they play and are there over-riding concerns about them?
thanks,
Susie
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-12-04 17:09
I tried out a [slightly used] C 13 at the Horn Trader's in OK City about a year or so ago. I felt it played quite well re: fingering and intonation, but didn't badly need another pro [semi-pro?] cl. It was priced between the Evettes [& Sch] and R 13's , $600 as I recall, didnt seem to need any TLC that I couldn't give it. I may have asked about it here! I did run onto a Buff ad in "The Clarinet" which appeared to place it just below the R 13 in that "pecking order". Susie, I'd suggest finding an R 13 player for his/hers evaluation, you might be able to negotiate a good price. Don
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Author: Fred
Date: 2001-12-04 21:33
If it is the clarinet you want and you intend to keep it, that's OK. If you ever intend to sell or trade up, you will lose much more money on a C-13 than an R-13. Resale on intermediate horns isn't very good.
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2001-12-05 13:37
The R-13 is a better instrument than the C13, but the C13 would be excellent for an intermediate student player. I've play-tested several of these side-by-side with the R-13 and the R-13 is a more substantial instrument--both in weight of the wood and density of the sound. The C13 is not to be shunned as a "second class" instrument in any way--it's an excellent choice and usually is well-built. But, as Fred just mentioned, the resale value is not as good as the R-13 for the reason you mention--most people have never heard of it.
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2001-12-06 21:04
How does it compare to the E (-11, -12) clarinets? I also have never heard of it.
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