Klarinet Archive - Posting 000600.txt from 2002/12

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: corni di bassetto
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 12:08:11 -0500

Robert,

The Buffet harmony clarinet serial numbers list at woodwind.org has this
serial number in 1989.

http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/Equipment/HowOld/Buffet.html

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At 10:37 PM 12/28/02, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>The Buffet is an RC Prestige 23971 which I bought at a French auction (in
>absentia, 2001), large mpc (VanDoren B44), 17.6 to 17.2 (speak of a reversed
>cone, willya!), double register, throat Bb from the first vent, low Eb R
>(but adjacent to F/C, not to E/B), low D R and L, Db thumb, C thumb. Has an
>auxiliary Ab/Eb. I have loaned it for BH 1 on Masonic Funeral music.
>(The Buffet is clearly NOT from the 1920s, despite the 5 digit number, it
>can't be more than 20 or 25 years old from the wear on the case.
>
>Robert Howe

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