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Evette and Schaeffer ?altered serial number

Author: Chris J
Date: 2007-07-14 22:04

I have posted this question on the end of somebody else's thread but had no reply. I hope it is in order to try again with a new thread of its own.

The question is about my Evette and Schaeffer clarinet

I think the gist of model designation is:
Evette model became the E10 and has serial number starting with a D. Student model

Evette and Schaeffer model became the E13 and has serial number starting with a K. High end intermediate model.

Evette Master model became E12

Evette and Schaeffer Master model – still E13 but of better quality (?wood quality)

I have a clarinet that has Evette and Schaeffer stamped on all four pieces (as photo shows)

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z110/CJ010101/IMG_3644comp.jpg

But the serial number appears to once have been a D and has a slightly larger K stamped over it.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z110/CJ010101/IMG_3634.jpg

So my questions are:
Would others agree that the serial letter looks altered?

Is the pedigree of these instruments more associated with the Evette and Schaeffer designation than the serial letter prefix?

Does anybody have a model with a K serial number, and if so does it appear same font and relative size as mine?

Does this represent a factory error – or might some (sad) person have gone to the bother to change the serial to make it look like a “K” series?

The clarinet sounds great. This is for interest only

Chris

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