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Re: Year Buffet R13 Began?

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2005-12-18 15:35

Your clarinet is right on the cusp. The lowest polycylindrical R-13 serial number I have previsously heard of is 48830, one number higher than yours. The highest pre-R-13 serial number I know of is 48707. See the discussion at http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=141259&t=141247.

According to Vytas Kras, Robert Marcellus's A clarinet was number 45451, which he says was also an R-13. However, that instrument has to have been one of the transitional ones. Also, it had been remade by Hans Moennig. See Alvin Swiney's description at http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Klarinet/1999/05/000596.txt.

There were a number of changes in key design on the R=13. See http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=41228&t=41179, http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=11130&t=11130 and http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=40375&t=40375.

The easiest changes to see are these:

On the pre-R-13, the guide for the two top trill keys is a flat piece of metal cut into a diamond shape and bent into a flat-bottomed "U." The sides are pyramid-shaped. On the R-13, the guide is a cylinder with a slot cut down through it.

On the pre-R-13, the bottom end of the throat A key and the right end (looking from the front) of the throat Ab key are mounted on a single post. On the R-13, they have separate posts.

And of course, all that counts is whether your particular clarinet plays well.

Ken Shaw

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