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Re: Year Buffet R13 Began?

Author: Vytas
Date: 2005-12-19 22:33
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Ken Shaw wrote:

****"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."****

Sorry Ken, but you're mistaken.

The cylinder shaped key guide for the two top trill keys appeared on some Pro Buffet clarinets in 1954. Actually the cylinder shaped key guide has nothing to do with the polycylindrical bore. Buffet was using this type of key guide long time ago before the polycylindrical bore was designed. It was used on some B-series E&S clarinets made in 1930-1940.

Polycylindrical bore "R-13" was introduced 1955. BUT it doesn't mean that ALL clarinets made in 1955 are actually R-13. Some of them are not. The safest bet for a polycylindrical bore R-13 is: "separate posts" for the throat 'A' and 'G#'. THIS NEW KEY DESIGN SIGNIFIES the SWITCH from the master bore to the polycylindrical bore design.

Vytas Krass
Professional clarinet technician
Custom clarinet mouthpiece maker
Former professional clarinet player

Post Edited (2005-12-19 22:38)

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