If these two keys have been fused on a single joint, then it is not a Buffet Crampon R13 clarinet. You can also search near the “A” and “Ab” keys by the top of your clarinet. If your number is higher than 50,000, more than likely it is an R13. Check the serial number, located with a tiny stamp on the back of your clarinet’s barrel or on the case. If the Buffet Crampon logo stamped on the clarinet has no additional stamps, markings, or plaques, it might be one of the highly esteemed R13 professional models. These are upgraded models and mostly were produced prior to the ‘60s.

Some Evette models might also have a “Master Model” stamped beneath the Buffet Crampon logo. If your clarinet is wood-bodied with the same “EVETTE” stamped in the middle of the Buffet Crampon emblem, then you are holding a B12 model, if it is a plastic bodied clarinet than you have an E11. The other three have a diameter of 3.10 mm.Ĩ) Serial 21966 has a different position of the spring guide for the octave key.ĩ) Serial 21966 has the standard screws with stops the other three have screws with continuous threads that can be completely screwed into the stud.ġ0) Serial 2199 have serial triangle shape trill key guide on the upper main part the other two have the milled round key guide.Īll LeBlanc LL clarinets have the following general characteristics for identification:ġ) Phosphor bronze springs (without spikes).Ħ) The well-known LL logo on the upper main part.ħ) Separate shafts and studs for low Eb and low F valve.Ĩ) Separate shafts and studs for RH trill keys.If you find “EVETTE” stamped in the middle of the Buffet Crampon emblem, then you have one of Buffet Crampon‘s student or intermediate grade clarinets pre 1983. Here my findings (serial 21966 deviates the most):ġ) Serial 21966 has a different position of the stud of the low F key: The screw is the other way around.Ģ) Serial 21966 has a different slot in the body near the LH little finger key studs.ģ) Serial 21966 has a threaded stud without stop Eb key the other three have normal stop soldered onto this stud.Ĥ) Serial 21966 has the inscription 'France' on the upper main part.ĥ) Serial 21966 has a longer slot on the upper head portion for the high A spring.Ħ) Serial 21966 has a slot on the upper main part of the RH Bb spring the other three have been the normal round spring guide.ħ) Serial 21966 has a smaller diameter octave pipe of 3.00 mm. It concerns the following four serial numbers:

An excellent opportunity to compare these four clarinets and have a good look at the differences among them, as additional information to the data on the website of Clarinet Perfection.

During the summer of 2015 four pieces of clarinet Leblanc LL came in for revision at MRO Saxophones.

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