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Author: JasonXR7
Date: 2023-08-05 20:33
I recently picked up a Buffet A clarinet from an auction site. Basic observations indications that it it an R13 from 1971. Only downside is pinned crack in the upper joint, but whoever did it did a fine job.
The strange wrinkle I've never seen before is that there is a "0" stamped below each emblem on every joint. Has anyone seen this before? I thought maybe it was factory pinned by Buffet at some point, and thus branded, but that's my only theory so far.
Any knowledge/theories are welcome!
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Author: m1964
Date: 2023-08-07 20:41
Could be the previous owner had it done, possibly to prevent mixing with another R13 (but there is a serial #) or to be able to identify it in case of theft.
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Author: hartt
Date: 2023-08-08 01:27
Kal opperman my old teacher at hartt would stamp 0 on Clarinets that he selected at carl Fisher and worked on .
He would not do this with clarinet that were brought to him that he personally did not select
Now we have a problem .the only people I know who have an original kalman opperman clarinet that is stamped with an o is ken legacy, allan Francis and the late. Ken shaw
I know for a fact that kal stopped this practice of stamping a clarinet with an o because it was cloned by many people out there .....his stamp was a special 0.....
He also stamped bbls that he reworked from New stock.....I had one and the 0 did not look like your stamp
UnFortunately for you from the ones that I have seen that were positively from kal... yours does not have that special 0. so all I can say is that someone cloned it at some point with a stamp and put it out in the market 40 years ago or more
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Author: hartt
Date: 2023-08-08 01:36
BTW....FORGET THE NONSENSE OF THINKING THE BUFFET FACTORY PINNED THE CRACK....
AND THEN BRANDED IT WITH THE STAMPED 0
SNOW WHITE AND THE 7 DWARFS WAS A FAIRYTALE, TOO
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Author: JasonXR7
Date: 2023-08-08 05:01
Thanks for the fascinating info! This shipped to me from a Sam Ash in Florida, where it was labeled as a C12, Bb, and priced accordingly to their "research". Looks like it's been played a fair amount, but was lovely owned because it came in an absolutely mint era-correct double case and case cover. My "crack"-pot theory was just based on sometimes seeing weird company marks when a joint gets factory replaced etc. It's a decently done repair structurally, but the finish work was crap so I'll be redoing it for better aesthetics.
And be real now, I heard recently from both Santa Claus AND the Easter Bunny that Snow White and at least 5 of those dwarves actually existed
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