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Again, the R-13 Identification Subject

Author: jim S.
Date: 2003-04-03 16:44

We never got any replies to the call for owners' information in order to pin down the serial numbers around the bore changes in 1954-1955 for the R-13. This could have been a great contribution to R-13 history. Buffet itself seems to have gone amnesiac in the matter. I have an e-mail from an ex- Buffet-U. S. executive that indicates that the subject is held very closely by Buffet and retirees who might have given info have disappeared from view.

As a contribution and as a stimulant to a revival of the subject, I am providing the following measurements of a 1951 (37xxx) Buffet made with a 3/4" telescope gauge:
Top of UJ: Apparently now no longer completely round, varying from .580 " to .587"
Bottom of UJ: .580"
Top of barrel: .588" to .592"
Bottom of barrel: .580"

This seems to indicate that Buffet was providing reverse bore barrels in 1951! (This clarinet has been in my possession since it was bought new in 1951.)

This is the original thread:
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=105203&t=101034#reply_105203

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