Klarinet Archive - Posting 000743.txt from 1998/08

From: "George Landis" <George@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fw: Buffet E13
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:08:12 -0400

According to the list on sneezy (at www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Equipment/How =
Old/Buffet.html/), your Buffet with a serial number that begins with "A" =
was built in 1886 or 1887. Check it out.

Regards,

George Landis

>>> Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU> 08/25 12:32 PM >>>
I have an Albert system Lafayette C clarinet which I believe dates from =
somewhere
between 1900 - 1912 which uses the pin/hole linkage on the left hand E/B =
lever.
While the linkage is more straightforward than that on a Boehm system, the =
principal
is the same. I don't know when this approach became commonplace on Boehm
instruments but clarinet makers certainly knew about it. I wonder if, in =
fact, it
didn't precede the (presumably) cheaper approach now found on many student =
models.
BTW, I eliminated the "play" in the linkage by wrapping the pin carefully =
with
teflon tape. So far it has held up (but it gets relatively light use).

I also have (what I believe to be) a very early (Buffet) Evette & =
Schaeffer clarinet
which uses this linkage. (The serial number is Axxxx. I have never been =
able to
find a list of dates and serial numbers (and label changes) for Buffet's
"intermediate" clarinets though so I don't know how old it is. Both the =
instrument
and its case, however, suggest 1930's or 40's. Is there any chance you =
could
provide a date list to Sneezy, Francois? I know that I, for one, would be =
most
grateful.)

Best regards,
Jack Kissinger
St. Louis

Roger Shilcock wrote:

> Maybe we need a survey on this. I never saw a clarinet which I remember =
to
> be like this till I saw a R13. I'm pretty sure the old Boosey instruments=

> didn't have this feature. Personally, I haven't seen enough different
> clarinets to be certain about dates, models, and so on.
> Roger S.
>

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