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Help with Buffet Serial number

Author: ErezK
Date: 2014-08-05 12:16

Greetings,

I hope you could help me gather more information about my A clarinet.
The serial number F64xxx.
It is a pre-R13, I think, an incredible instrument actually.

If you know of a chart that could locate that serial number and give more insight, that would be great.

Best,
Erez

Post Edited (2014-08-05 12:17)

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Re: Help with Buffet Serial number

Author: PaulIsaac
Date: 2014-08-05 12:48

http://www.uark.edu/ua/nc/ClarinetCollections/BuffetClarinetsSerialNumber.htm

This chart puts your clarinet's year of manufacturer as 1960. More knowledgeable folk than myself will know the questions to ask you that will assist with determining the model.

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Re: Help with Buffet Serial number

Author: ErezK
Date: 2014-08-05 13:49

Thank you Paul.

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Re: Help with Buffet Serial number

Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2014-08-05 18:04

Since it was made in 1960, it is an R13. The F prefix indicates that it was made for the European market and should tune to A = 442. Most likely the only difference between it and an R13 made for the American market at that time is that its barrel is 1 mm shorter.

Best regards,
jnk

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