Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2001-09-13 04:48
Jessica,
As Anji says, you've picked up a good clarinet at a decent price (a very good price by local music store standards, an average price by eBay standards, given the condition). If you go to this link:
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=53469&t=53469
you should find some pictures from a 1941 Buffet brochure (be patient, there are quite a few and they may take awhile to load). One of the pages gives a good description of the Evette & Schaeffer. It is very unlikely that E&S Master Models were "blemished" R13's either before or after introduction of the polycylindrical model. There are too many of them (AFAIK all of them in the K5000 - K10,000 range) and there are two many clear physical differences. But they were good clarinets, Buffet's high-end intermediate model made from good wood and the precursor to the E13. With new pads, you should have a good practice/back-up/road trip clarinet. Because the bore is different from your R13, you may want to match a different mouthpiece to it (but perhaps not).
Best regards,
jnk
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