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Author: kbumpus
Date: 2005-08-23 18:27
Can anyone please give me some info about the value of a Buffet Crampon Evette made in Paris France? - Thinking about buying, but can't find info about the value. Looks and sounds great. Serial # D22908 if that helps. It comes with the case, too. Thanks.
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2005-08-23 20:09
If it looks good and sounds good and the price is right, it's not a bad instrument. I would have loved to have had one 'way back when . . .
There has been quite a bit of discussion about the Evette D series on this board. Use the search function and look up "Evette" or Evette D". There is also some (possibly outdated) discussion of price.
Have you checked completed auctions on Ebay to see what similar instruments are going for?
Susan
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2005-08-23 20:24
The Buffet Evette clarinets are the forerunners of the Buffet B12 or E11 models as they were made in both plastic and grenadilla - which are both student model clarinets made by Schreiber for Buffet, either being pretty much the wood bodied version of the Buffet B12 though plastic bodied Evette clarinets were made as well and some were stamped B&H Regent II before becoming the B12. I've seen silver-plated wooden bodied versions stamped Hans Kreul (more famous for oboes though).
There were Evette & Schaeffer clarinets which were made in the Buffet factory, and these later became the E13 - the entry level French-built Buffet clarinet below their C12 model.
The mechanics are pretty robust on these older models, though the nickel plate can look good or bad depending on how well they were looked after.
None of the above have the milled out recesses underneath the RH F#/C# and E/B key touches and crow's foot as the pro model Buffets.
As for pricing they'll be around the same as the plastic bodied B12 or grenadilla bodied E11, or the Yamaha 26II and 34II models, depending if they're plastic or wood.
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Author: bflatclarinetist
Date: 2005-08-23 20:28
I borrowed my teacher's Evette, it was plastic. She bought it for around 300 dollars, cause it was used. Is it made of plastic or grenadilla wood?
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2005-08-23 21:01
From the serial number, I can tell you that the particular clarinet you are looking at dates from 1971 - before Buffet moved production of the Evette to Germany. The one you are looking at was made in France but in a different factory from the one where professional Buffets are made. In good condition, it is a good student level clarinet, some think better than the E11. IMO, it does have better keywork. In fair/average condition, I would say it's probably worth $125 - $150 (using eBay as a guide). If it has been completely reconditioned with all new pads, corks etc., you could do worse than to buy it for $250 - $300. You probably would not be able to sell it for that much, however. I fixed up a 1972 wooden Evette for my daughter to use as her "school" clarinet. Her private teacher and I both thought it was a pretty decent clarinet. BTW, if the one you're looking at is marked "Master Model," it's worth a little more.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: kbumpus
Date: 2005-08-23 21:39
wow - thanks, everyone. she was asking $350 for it. she said the case was worth money by itself. it is wood and has been taken very well of. new corks, etc. maybe i'll see if she'll take $300 for it.
thanks, again!
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