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Re: E11 Serial Number and MFG dating

Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2006-05-27 20:00

David Blumberg, who is not able to post right now sent me an e-mail and asked me to forward this information to the board. David has a record of one of his student's purchasing a new E11 in September, 1992. The serial number was 419xxx. Based on that information, he estimates that 43xxxx would probably have been made sometime in 1993. That sounds about right to me. (I have also found an E11 that recently sold on eBay with a serial number of 498969. The seller indicated that this clarinet was bought new in 1996. To me that further supports David's estimate.)

Chris,

I think the redesignation of the Evette as E11 actually dates back to around 1981 (perhaps corresponding to Boosey & Hawkes' purchase of both Buffet and Schreiber) rather than the mid-80's. I can't prove this, however, without the Buffet serial number search engine (which actually tracks Evettes back to around 1960).

Best regards,
jnk

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