Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2007-01-26 22:40
The bad news is that you have nothing extremely rare, unique or unusual. The good news is that the music store did not rip you off.
The reason your B12 doesn't match the serial number information at the Buffet website is that the current serial number search engine at that site is largely worthless. If you have a fairly recent professional soprano model, it may give you a fairly accurate response but if you have a student model or an old (circa 1960's) professional model, it will not. Most, if not all B12's, have 6-digit serial numbers, regardless of what you may be finding at the Buffet website. (Given their production volume, they will likely reach seven digits soon, if they haven't already.)
The previous search engine (before Buffet "upgraded" their site), used a two-step process. First you selected the model of your instrument from a menu, then you entered the serial number. You had to do this because, over the years, Buffet has used the same numbers for different instruments. The current list doesn't function that way and, as a result, you never know what you'll find. It may correctly identify an R13 from 1996 but then tell you that your 1968 R13 Eb clarinet is a 1992 E13 Bb. It even told me that one of my clarinets was an oboe. LOL.
You have a standard B12.
Best regards,
jnk
Post Edited (2007-01-26 22:40)
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