Klarinet Archive - Posting 000029.txt from 2006/05

From: Laurence Beckhardt <lbeckhardt@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset horn on eBay
Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 06:54:55 -0400

It may not have been a bass clarinet, but is it really
a basset horn?

--- Howard Shertzer <shertzhg@-----.edu> wrote:

> Does anybody know about the curious Buffet Prestige
> Basset horn that was
> advertised as a bass clarinet on eBay.
> It was listed as:
> eBay Buffet Crampon Prestige Bass Clarinet A Paris
> (item 7411928068 end time
> May-07-06 104209 PDT).
> Curiously, with 4 days left in the auction, the item
> was removed today.
>
> How could anyone own this amazing instrument (list
> price about $18,000) and
> not know what it is?
> The reserve appeared to be $800.
> Could it have been a stolen instrument?
>
>
>
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