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Author: mhbstevens
Date: 2005-01-21 14:18
All the Buffet serial number/year listings show the old pre R13, Harmony and E13 but no listing shows the E11. I'm trying to get info on an E45 s# D5107 how do I do it?
Post Edited (2005-01-21 14:33)
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2005-01-22 04:04
The music group, current owners of Buffet, had a serial number search database on their website that included the E11 (and other student models) but they have recently redesigned their website and, since then, I have been unable to make the serial number search work. (Has anyone had success?)
Is your clarinet marked E45? Also, is it marked "Made in Germany" or "Made in France"? The reason I ask is that the serial number doesn't seem consistent with the model to me. Buffet used a D prefix for its Evette and Evette Master Models. I think I may have noticed one time that they had continued the series through the successor lines, the E45 and E12. If my memory serves, however, D1 dates to about 1963 and I have an Evette Master Model from 1976 in the 36000 range. Since Buffet changed the model name to E45 several years later, I would expect a higher serial number -- 50,000 seems more likely than 5,000 -- though there may be a completely different D-sequence.
If you actually have an Evette Master Model, I would estimate that it was made sometime between 1964 and 66. If it is marked as an E45, made in Germany, however, it would be much more recent.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: emzilee
Date: 2005-01-23 11:04
Where's the list of serial numbers? I'd like to find out the age of the clarinet I'm buying...
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