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Very Early Buffet Crampon R13 Clarinet!

Very Early Buffet Crampon R13 Clarinet!

The earliest Buffet Crampon R13 clarinet we are offering for sale!  This is s/n 554XX, roughly 1955, making it one of the earliest true R13's ever made.  It is in very good condition:  grenadilla body has no chips, cracks or repairs.  Nickel-silver keys don't polish up quite a shiny as silver plate, but also don't wear, and as you can see they look pretty good!  Appears to have been overhauled not long ago mostly in long-lasting synthetic pads, very likely Valentino.  Just further through our shop where it needed very little other than some bore oil and a new center tenon cork. Plays with a big, open, dark tone compared to some of our later R13's.  It came to us without a barrel, but the included, hard-to-find Muncy 66 B barrel adds a crystal-clear, ringing quality to the tone, and the Moennig-style reversed taper evens up the intonation across the entire horn quite nicely.  (These usually sell for about $250 all by themselves if you can even find them.)  Cork grease and key oil are for local pickup only and will not be shipped, but it does include a new ProTec microfiber cloth, new SuperSlick chamois swab, and a vintage pochette-style Buffet case which is also in very good condition.  A great clarinet in great condition with a great barrel, and still about $2,000 less than brand new!

    $1,699.00 Regular Price
    $1,529.10Sale Price
    Excluding Sales Tax
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