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Re: Year Buffet R13 Began?

Author: Gregory Smith ★2017
Date: 2005-12-18 16:37

GBK said:
"The earliest verified R-13 serial number reported on the mailing list has been #48830 (1955). However, there were frequent prototypes of the new design sold around that time the 1954-1955 time period and earlier..."
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Ken Shaw added:
"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. "
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When this discussion started taking place several years ago, I added my observations about Marcellus' A clarinet in hope of providing some information to help piece the answer to this puzzle together.

If you read the link that I've provided below (scroll about 3/4 way down the thread), you'll notice that Vytas Kras challenged the idea that the claim (mine from a previous thread) that RM's A clarinet serial #45451 was indeed an R13 polycyl. type. I proceeded to explain the process by which RM related to me how, when, and under what circumstances the clarinet was obtained.

http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=134961&t=134746

It was NOT a PRE - polycyl. instrument (later designated R13) simply because of it's seemingly low serial number. Mark's observations above seem to accurately describe why this is so.

Post Edited (2005-12-18 16:48)

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