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 Strange R13 serial number
Author: Clarineteer 
Date:   2017-05-02 23:44

My friend has an R13 Bb with serial number B212XXX. Does anyone know what the B stands for. I know F prefix is European but I have never heard of a B prefix. All of the keys structures indicate an R13 model including cutouts under the crows foot. Thanks.
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 Re: Strange R13 serial number
Author: Caroline Smale 
Date:   2017-05-03 02:55

Never seen it on Buffet but on some makes it is used to indicate a Bb clarinet.
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 Re: Strange R13 serial number
Author: PaulIsaac 
Date:   2017-05-03 14:12

The following was in a post from a gentleman named Jack Kissinger back in December 2001, in a thread titled "Evette Serial Numbers":

"I have an 1981 R13 with a B prefix. I found out from Buffet, based on a search of their factory records, that they had inadvertently numbered two instruments with the same serial number. To distinguish them, they added a B prefix to mine."

I hope that helps.
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 Re: Strange R13 serial number
Author: Clarineteer 
Date:   2017-05-03 15:54

Paul,
That makes perfect sense. Thanks for your help.
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