Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2009-05-22 17:59
Mike,
A 1958 E13 would be prominently marked as an Evette & Schaeffer so the seller apparently didn't really know what s/he had. The instrument would also have a K prefix to the serial number. In fact, an early '80s E13 should still have a K-prefix to the serial number. (The prefix is often omitted in serial number lists.) So, absent that and the E13 marking on the upper joint, it sounds as though you have an early R13. (Though there was a distributor/repair tech on the Klarinet list some years ago who claimed that there was a period around 1981 when Buffet did not mark any of its models, making them somewhat more difficult to identify (one had to go by serial number and country of origin). I've never seen confirmation of that claim, however.)
Out of curiosity, does your clarinet have a flat spring along the bottom side of the arm that attaches to the touch piece of your C#/G# key or does it have a needle spring parallel to the key's tube? Also, do the throat G# and A keys share a post (3 posts for the two keys) or do they each have their own two posts?
Best regards,
jnk
Post Edited (2009-05-22 18:20)
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