Klarinet Archive - Posting 000968.txt from 2000/03

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] A. Gardelli Bari
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 16:02:35 -0500

Maybe you know this already, but in the "A PARIS", the A is not the pitch -
it should be an accented A (except that it is a cap.) and merely means "of
Paris" All modern Buffet's say the same - including my Bb R-13. So while
yours could be in A, the logo does not mean this.

At 09:17 AM 3/29/00 -0600, you wrote:
> have a Buffet A Clarinet which bares no serial number, no model number.
>It is imprionted with two stars on each joint
>
> *
> BUFFET
>A PARIS
> *
>
>the upper joint is marked
>
> *
> BUFFET
> A PARIS
> A.GARDELLI
> BARI
> *
>
>I have not been able to get any information about it.
>There is no "orb" as with the modern mark.
>
>Why no serail number and why the different logo?
>
>Was there another Buffet, or was this a custom made instrument, perhaps
>made for a player named Gardelli Bari, and this was a A of a set?
>
>Cheers, Leo
>
>Dear Leo,
>
>Looking at the logo you put on the list make me think that the
>instrument was made by Denis Buffet (the Father) is the instrument made
>out of box wood? how many keys does the instrument has? if you could
>give me more information I may find out for you. There is 90% chances
>that the instrument was made between 1825 and 1830 by Denis Buffet. For
>the name under it may be the name of the distributor or the player that
>first owned the instrument again with more infos I may find out for
>sure.
>
>Musically yours,
>
>FRANCOIS KLOC
>Manager of Woodwinds North America
>Boosey & Hawkes Musical Instruments, Inc.
>
>
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