Klarinet Archive - Posting 000775.txt from 1997/05

From: Adam Calabrese <adam.calabrese@-----.gov>
Subj: Re: 30's Buffet - Serial # 11817
Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 01:13:08 -0400

At 11:20 AM 5/28/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>Looking now at a Buffet clarinet alleged to be from the 30's. I'm not
>>sure the serial number is correct but it looks like #11817.
>
>Contact Buffet at: buffet@-----.fr
>

According to the chart at the online clarinet resource ("sneezy" on the
web) the Buffet clarinet SN 11817 was manufactured in 1933.

Look at the info on the web at

http://sneezy.mika.com/clarinet/Equipment/HowOld/BBBC.html

-Adam Calabrese
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899