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 Re: Help identifying Buffet model
Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date:   2005-06-17 21:55

If a Buffet has no model marking, it is an R-13. Thus, your instrument 126371 is an R-13, from early 1972.

As you can see from the serial number list, in 1928, Buffet switched from letters and numbers to numbers-only, beginning at 1. I have several instruments with 4-digit serial numbers, so the number of digits is not determinative.

From 1928 through 1954, the instrument had no particular designation (although there were various catalog numbers in the form "R" followed by a number, with the number representing the presence of various extra keys). Around the beginning of 1955, in the high 47XXX serial number range, Buffet switched to the R-13. The highest pre-R-13 serial number I know of is 48707 (1954), and the lowest R-13 I know of is 48830.

Clark Fobes's article at http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/Equipment/Intonation.html notes that by that time, the design had been changed from the original R-13. For example, the outside diameter of the wood had been slightly enlarged. My main instruments were made in 1971 and 1973, with serial numbers not far from yours.

Enjoy your R-13.

Ken Shaw
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