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Golden Era of R13

Author: Koo Young Chung
Date: 2008-01-13 16:08

When was so called "the Golden Era" of R13s?

What serial number does corespond to?

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Re: Golden Era of R13

Author: GBK
Date: 2008-01-13 17:06

Some feel that the best clarinets were made during the so-called "golden age" from about #70xxx (1962) to about #125xxx (1971). They are adamant that the quality of materials used, the design and the workmanship have never been duplicated. Hans Moennig, even stopped selling clarinets after #125,000 because he did not like the changes that were made in the keywork.

Others say that today's Buffet clarinets, with more models and design choices, are better than any that were previously made and we are now in a new "golden age".

...GBK

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Re: Golden Era of R13

Author: Gregory Smith ★2017
Date: 2008-01-13 17:59

There are many informative threads re this subject. One worth re-reading is: http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=226756&t=226017

Of course there are other threads that are not as detailed and may answer your inquiries by using the site's search engine.

Gregory Smith

http://www.gregory-smith.com

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Re: Golden Era of R13

Author: GBK
Date: 2008-01-13 21:26

Clark Fobes writes about tuning parameters of different era R13's here:

http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/Equipment/Intonation.html

...GBK

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