Klarinet Archive - Posting 000087.txt from 1969/12

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Seeking info on Clarinet
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500


Plus the plastic ones.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Forest Aten <forestaten@-----.com>
>Sent: May 19, 2011 9:14 PM
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>Subject: Re: [kl] Seeking info on Clarinet
>
>Fred
>
>In the years the Evette/Schaffer were manufactured, Buffet made three levels of "student" instruments.
>The Evette/Schaffer was the best of the three. It's model number was the E-13. The next instrument down, the Evette
>Master-Model, was the E-12 and the entry level instrument, simply called the Evette, E-11. I don't know about B or K
>models....they may have preceded the E designation. The E-11 was manufactured in Germany, for Buffet. That factory still
>produces that clarinet under their company name (now).
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fred jacobowitz [mailto:fbjacobo@-----.us]
>> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:39 PM
>> To: The Klarinet Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [kl] Seeking info on Clarinet
>>
>> As it was once explained to me by a person who worked for Buffet here
>> in the US, there are two kinds of Evette & Schaffer models. The B
>> model and the K model. The K models were reject R-13s. The reason
>> could be a flaw in the wood, a mistake with undercutting one of the
>> holes, etc. Often it was simply cosmetic. The B models were definite
>> student horns, and not as good as the K ones. If I remember
>> correctly, the Bs were made in Germany, not France.
>>
>> Fred Jacobowitz
>>
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