Klarinet Archive - Posting 000699.txt from 1995/06

From: CLARK FOBES <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Value of an old pair of clarinets?
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 13:03:38 -0400

You wrote:
>
>On Wed, 28 Jun 1995, CLARK FOBES wrote:
>
>> These instruments are actually not all that rare. If the instruments
>> have a serial# I can give you a manufacture date. Albert System or
>> modified Albert Systems remained popular in this country well into
this
>> century. Carl Fischer Co. was not established in New York until 1923
>> and was an importer of several brands of woodwind instruments,
>> including Buffet.
>>
>Thanks very much for the information. There are serial numbers, but
they
>are very dim and difficult to read. The serial number of the A
appears
>to be # A 872 and the Bb could be # 95 A 1.
>
>Ed Lacy
>el2@-----.edu
>
Unfortunately these are probably numbers used by Carl Fischer. They do
not match the ser# system used by Buffet at that time.

Clark W Fobes