Silver plating and 5 or 05 for nickel keywork“y” is used to specify the pitch. “31” is the R-13,Ġ2 for the E13, 11 for RC, 12 for the RC (possibly 444hrz, needĬlarification), 23 for the Bassett, 83 for the Prestige RCīass to low Eb, 93 for the Pretige Bass to Low C, plus other designations.“c” is optional and used to designate G for Greenline, Lįor the optional LH Eb lever.“x” specifies the keywork plating such as “02” or “2” for

La, 15 for Eb or Mib, 17 for F, plus other code desgnations.“bb” specifies the model of R13. Official final production design.The Current code break is like the following:BC broken down as BCaabb©-x-y“aa” may contain 11 (for Bb or Sib in french), 12 for A or Some versions of it apparently existed beforehand, though 1955 was the Even though the R13 was officially introduced in 1955 This coincided wth the polycylindrical bore Buffet Crampon Clarinetsīuffet Serial NumbersSerial Numbers breakdownAround 1950 Buffet adopted a new model identification of One other thing to look for (although not definitive) is whether or not the A and Ab keys share a post (in other words, do they have a total of 3 posts attaching them to the body, or 4). If you have the standard logo on all parts, and that serial number (which easily falls into the R13 range) you can be pretty assured that you’ve got an R13.

You can even see if the previous owner registered the clarinet with Buffet. If you know the clarinets serial number, then you will know when and where the clarinet was produced. Further, Buffet Crampon R13 clarinets have been stamped with individual serial numbers since the early days of their existence.

Buffet clarinet serial numbers 450000s