Klarinet Archive - Posting 000162.txt from 1999/02

From: "Frederick S. Sterns" <fssterns@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Evette Clarinets
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 13:59:40 -0500

>The controversy is in reality local but I have never checked with the list for
>their opinion. Evette was a brand not built by Buffet but by a company that
>was licensed to use the Buffet name. (This is as I understand it, real facts
>may be different.) The buyer often thinks that they are getting something
>comparable to a Buffet at a reduced price. I have had a couple and was not
>impressed with them and would much prefer a Selmer 100 series. (That is not a
>plug for the one I have listed for sale.) I frankly believe that there is a
>tendency to pay more for an Evette because of the Buffet name on the logo when
>a better instrument could be had for less. I am copying this to the Klarinet
>list and would like to hear others opinions on the Evette Schaeffer clarinets.
>
>Jack Dannenberg

...one person's experience with a single instrument obviously proves very
little, but I do feel compelled to note that I got my granddaughter a
"Buffet" B-12 [this, I believe is the Evette to which you refer!] a few
months ago.

It played well for me during the "audition" process...I found it had a
smooth action, very good intonation, and a most pleasing sound. My
granddaughter, in turn, likes it much better than the Yamaha she had been
using.

The "competition" during my "audition" was the student Yamaha. I haven't
played a Selmer 100. Fred S.

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