Author: Vytas
Date: 2002-10-27 18:09
If you shop for an R-13 on e-Bay or on the web the first thing you want to do is to examine photos of the Upper-Joint:
Make sure there is "Made in France" just below the BC inscription. There AREN'T any markings below "Made in France" on a regular R-13.
Serial numbers have NO letter/prefix before the number. Look for serial numbers 50,000 – up.
(Exception is the "F" before the serial # which is an indication of a clarinet manufactured for European market ~ A = $442 –444HZ).
Markings on all section should read "Buffet Crampon & Cie, A Paris, BC, Made in France"
Serial number appears twice on UJ and LJ, but some clarinets were stamped once on the Upper-Joint only (1981). If there is No serial number on the UJ and it appears only on LJ, most likely you have replacement Upper-Joint from the factory.
Now you can proceed to other suggestions posted above, just please don't look for the tenon caps or you might end-up baying an instrument with chipped and repaired tenons. LOL
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