Klarinet Archive - Posting 000259.txt from 2004/06

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Buffet Evette clarinet
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:17:12 -0400

> Up until 1983 Buffet made a plastic clarinet and a student wooden clarinet
in Bad Nauheim.
> These were made in the old Schreiber plant, as I understand it.
>
> The plastic, and the student wooden clarinets were not exciting. They also
made a Master Model. The E13 too.
>
> In 1983 after Boosey & Hawkes bought them they re-designed the plastic. It
became a very fine student clarinet.
> Same with the wooden student clarinet. I did not see many of that eras
Evette Master model. The E13 from that period was essentially an R13. I have
a number of R13's --two are the pick of 120 I sold in 1975-76. My E13 is
right up there with them.
>
> I have seen many E13's that are as good as clarinets that I sold to major
Symphonies. I sold one to my clarinet professor Clement Hutchinson, who
picked it out over 13 R13's!!!!
>
>

E11 Evette (wood)(now available in a plastic model B11)(German)
E12 the Master Model (not sure about where the Master Model was
manufactured...pretty sure not Germany)
E13 the Evette Schaeffer (made in France)

The E13 was rumored, for years, to be reject R13s. I have never been able to
confirm this. Perhaps François Kloc can elaborate on the history of the E13.
When they were available and reasonably priced, I had many fine E13's come
through my studio. I think marketing (perhaps I should say the market place)
killed the E13.

Forest Aten

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