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Re: serial number frustration

Author: Ed Granger
Date: 2007-08-30 13:52

Typing in your SN at the Buffet site (www.buffet-crampon.com), the entry that most nearly fits your instrument indicates a clarinet made 11/7 of 1952. The entry indicates it is for an "Evette," but the speculation on here has been that since Buffet has redone the site, the "Evettes" that come up on there are likely E&S models, not the lower-level "Evettes." It has also been pointed out that it is perhaps wise to take the Buffet site with a grain of salt vis a vis it's SN database. The database, as I understand it, may only begin in 1952 with "K"-series instruments, and your "B"-series may predate the Buffet site altogether.

Others may (and surely do) know more.
(The SN list on this site, as I understand it, is mainly for the pro-level instruments. Some of the lesser-level instruments are listed below these (i.e. E-13), but I'm pretty sure your B-series predates those.)

Ed

Post Edited (2007-08-30 14:09)

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