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Re: Knock off R13?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-06-03 06:55

An R13 Prestige will certainly say "R13 Prestige" on the top joint, but on an oval silver plated badge set into the top joint.

A regular R13 only has the Buffet logo on the top joint and nothing else. They will have R13 stamped on the backs of the barrels and bells (along with the pitch and barrel length reading R13 B 660), but nowhere else.

R13s are usually made of wood but also Greenline composite and never made from plastic.

A Genuine R13 will have 'Made in France' under the Buffet logo as will a fake B12 as B12 clarinets aren't made by Buffet and therefore won't be made in France (but made by Schreiber in Germany).

Steer clear from sites like Alibaba, etc. as it's usually cheap and nasty Chinese tat on there. Likewise with a lot of new stuff on eBay parading as something it clearly isn't.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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