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 Re: Help identifying Buffet model
Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date:   2012-08-26 12:32

Adam -

Buffet S/N 57984 is an R13 made in 1957. It is the original R13 design, on which the register vent was relatively low and large. This gave it a wonderful tone in the clarion, at the expense of intonation problems. The low clarion notes were flat, and the high ones were sharp.

Early R13s are advertised on eBay as being from the "Golden Age," but that doesn't mean much. They varied a lot from one instrument to the next, so you must play each one to find out whether the intonation is good enough and the response and tone suit you.

You will probably need a new barrel with the Moennig or Chadash reverse taper, which will improve the intonation. Also, if the bore at the top of the lower joint (above the register vent) is dull rather than shiny, it's been altered (probably in an attempt to improve the intonation). Alteration spoils the instrument, and you should pass on any rebored example.

The current Buffet Vintage model is a clone of the early R13. You might play one to get an idea of what to expect.

Ken Shaw
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