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Re: Identifying An '80s R13 Or RC Prestige...

Author: Chris P
Date: 2018-01-17 11:45
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This Buffet Prestige does have the cut-outs under the RH pinky keys - I pointed that out to another player who has an E13.

I assumed it was an R13 as it's a former military band instrument, most likely bought at the time B&H still supplied the armed forces and production of B&H clarinets ceased (the owner also has a set of 1010s but he prefers not to use the Bb wherever possible because of its dodgy tuning). But removing the bell showed it had the chamber just below the socket.

If anyone has the joint lengths and speaker vent distances from the top tenon shoulder for both RC and R13, then that would be useful as this isn't the only Prestige from the '80s with the model badge missing I've seen.

More recent ones with the badge use the sprue from casting to secure it into a blind hole cut into the recess. If you want to make the older ones more secure, then soft solder a nickel silver wood screw to the underside and drill a blind hole into the joint, fill that with superglue or epoxy and pop the badge in place. Then melt some black wax to fill in the gaps around the edge (see attachment).

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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