• Normandy Clarinet Serial Numbers

Buffet Harmony Clarinet SerialNumberYearManufactured0781993. Buffet Harmony Saxophone SerialNumberYearManufacturedJean Louis Buffet was already making musical instruments as earlyas the 1840's. In 1871, Leon Crampon became a partner.

If you come acrossan 'F' preceding the serial number of an R13, this indicatesthat the instrument has been built to an A442 - A444 and is intended foruse by European ensembles. The R13 was designed by Robert Carree, thehead acoustician for Buffet (c. This may have been the first intentionaluse of the so-called 'poly-cylindrical' bore design of the Buffetclarinet. It became the prototype for all future Buffet clarinet designsfrom that point onward. As a result, it may be safely assumed that anythingfrom #61,000 was manufacturered with this design in mind.

Normandy Clarinet Serial Numbers

Many of thedocuments which contained accurate information regarding serial numbershave been lost and as a result, there is a gap from 1946 - 1957. Buffetstates, however, that approximately 3000 units per year were manufacturedduring this period.