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One-piece full boehm Buffet

Author: sherman
Date: 2006-11-19 15:48

I am posting this for a new friend who has what is apparently a one-piece Buffet full-boehm. (I promise not to try to get it.)I think the player could have been Valerio, but when in Boston he always played Selmer)
Sherman Friedland

"An old Buffet clarinet has recently been under my fingers and I was wondering if
you or any or your readers can help. It is a one piece Buffet Bb, with an extra
low right Eb key as well as an extra trill key for the left hand, upper finger
joint. I am not sure of the serial number, it looks like it is either 430E or
perhaps 430L. It might even be 430 with a number but I don't think it is. I
have found the serial numbers on the Internet and, if I am reading the numbers
correctly, this clarinet was manufactured in 1890s! It is in amazing shape, and
plays quite well. It was obviously lovingly tended over the many years though it
has been sitting in a musty basement recently. Rumour has it that it belonged to
a principal clarinet player with the Boston Pops during the 1920s. My source
seems to think it was an Italian gentleman, last name Vin-something or other. I
have been able to find info. on Manuel Valerio, a Portuguese clarinetist who
played with them at that time but I was wondering if you could tell me anymore.
I would love to be able to purchase this clarinet and have it restored. It's
quite exciting to think of the music this instrument has played and even
premiered! How it ended up here in Nova Scotia is anyone's guess.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Post Edited (2006-11-19 15:51)

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