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Re: R13 barrel and bell S/N

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2015-11-21 04:14

Chris and John,
that info is most helpful. Have printed down and now need to digest.

One notable coincidence is that the serial numbers of one clarinet and two bassoons I have all start 131XX so were not only all made in about 1928/29 but all probably made within months of each other.

I recall Ramon telling me that the B&H clarinet range was based on the Boosey product range, however it is interesting to note that the Hawkes clarinet above has an identical bore to the 1010 and the (original identically numbered) mouthpiece has exactly the same sized and parallel bore as the 1010 mouthpiece.

Also the bassoons, whose serials numbers are less than 20 apart, have fundamentally different patterns, one being similar to the British/Mahillon style and the other looking almost identical to a Buffet but with more advanced features in that the bores of butt section are totally separated and connected by a Heckel like metal butt U-tube. This I believe is something Buffet only adopted in the past 10-20 years.
Norman

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