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Author: Bob Chapell
Date: 1999-12-11 12:31
I have an August Buffet Albert System clarinet that I would like to get some information on. The horn is 27" long from the tip of the mouthpiece to the bottom of the bell. It's made of dark wood (probably ebony).There is no serial number on the horn, but each piece (except the barrel & MP) are marked:
Harp Logo
August
Buffet
Paris
Star Logo
Brevete
S.G.D.G.
The S.G.D.G. is very tiny and may not be correct.
Can anyone offer some info on what this may be?
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Author: ron
Date: 1999-12-11 23:29
It's a wooden Buffet Albert system clarinet, no serial number, about 27" long from bell to tip of mouthpiece.
Ron
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Author: jim lande@ erols.com
Date: 1999-12-12 05:05
I searched the archives and found the following posting:
From: ROBERT HOWE <arehow@vgernet.net>
Subject: Re: Mysterious A clarinet....
References: <344EB0CF.B6754267@voicenet.com>
Precedence: bulk
NLI lists Gras, J as being in Lille, France 1868 to after 1950. Brevete
SGDG is French, appx meaning "Patented by this company".
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Author: Denis
Date: 1999-12-13 10:05
Hello !
I explained it in an "old" posting, but didn't find it again in the database, so :
Brevete = patented
SGDG = Sans Garantie Du Gouvernement
= without warranty by the government
That means that the French government doesn't accept any responsability if something goes wrong due to a patented device. I suppose that the French gvt has been sued in the past for some problem or accident having occured with a patented concept. The SGDG mark was mandatory, but may now not be required, I'm not sure.
Denis
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Author: John Kelly - Australia
Date: 1999-12-14 05:23
Are you trying to be helpful to Bob Chapell - or what?
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Author: jim lande@ erols.com
Date: 1999-12-15 03:43
From Mark's posting of Jan 1999:
Names in parenthesis (or their abbreviations) are used
as maker's marks)
Claude Buffet
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Denis (Buffet-Auger) Louis Auguste (Buffet jeune)
b. 1783 d. ???? b. 178(8 or 9) d. ????
m. Mlle. Auger 1838 Clarinet dubbed "Boehm
| System" later. Bus. aka
| (A. Buffet) (Auguste Buffet)
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Jean Louis (Buffet-Crampon) Louis (Louis Louis Auguste
b. ???? d. 1865 Buffet) b. 1816 d 1884
m. Mlle Zoë Crampon 1836 b. ???? d. ???? Same marks as
Bus. aka prior to B-C as Assc. with Jean father.
(Buffet-Auger fils), Louis & F.
(Buffet fils) Changed name Tournier, later
to Buffet-Crampon to dist. indep.
from uncle & rival Louis
Auguste. Formed assoc. w.
borother & F. Tournier in
1850, 1855 brother replaced
by P. Goumas, bus. named
Tournier & Goumas. 1859
Tournier quit and Buffet-
Crampon & Cie formed.,
directed by Buffet-Crampon,
Goumas, and clarinetist
Leroy. 1865 Buffet-Crampon
died and Leroy retired,
leaving Goumas in charge.
1871 Goumas takes 2 sons-
in-law into partnership:
Léon Leguay & Léon Crampon.
1885 Goumas retired,
succeeded by Paul Evette &
Ernest Scaeffer. 1918
Maurice Schaeffer, son of
Paul, successor.
Hope that helps a bit.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-12-15 11:25
JIm,
It's better just to put a pointer (URL) back to the info if possible - in this case the copy loses the formatting.
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