Klarinet Archive - Posting 000151.txt from 1994/06

From: Clark W Fobes <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Serial number, too
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 13:21:21 -0400

On Wed, 29 Jun 1994, Roger J. Shilcock wrote:

> I would still quite loke to know about my B flat Buffet, serial no. K814L (!)
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> with the "Buffet a Londres" mark.
> Roger Shilcock [MLFL, Oxford, U.K.]
>
Roger, the mark "Buffet a Londres" is curious. I have looked this is up
in my "New Langwill Index" and cannot find a reference to that mark. If
this is an Instrument built by "Buffet- Crampon" then the serial number
corresponds to a system used by them. However, the "L" at the end is
confusing. The incorporation of letters usually ocurred at either the
beginning OR the end, but not both. A serial number K814 would be
approximately late 1897 or early 1898. does it have an "LP" any where
else on the body? I do not know if they were distinguishing between high
and low pitch instruments. I wonder if the "L" in the number refers to
"Low Pitch".

Regards,

Clark W Fobes