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Author: fargus
Date: 2009-03-21 12:08
Hi all
I've just purchased a Buffet bass clarinet to low c. I haven't got it yet but from all the photos I've seen it looks like there's no serial number.
Is this possible? Any explanation?
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2009-03-21 12:47
Buffet stamps its serial numbers on the back of the upper and lower joints just above the bottom tenon.
When the instrument arrives, if there are no serial numbers in the expected places, check whether they have been filed off. If they have, I'd suspect that the instrument has been stolen, particularly if you got it for an unreasonably low price.
Ken Shaw
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Author: fargus
Date: 2009-03-21 13:03
Thanks Ken
I'll check that when it arrives.
I bought it from a dealer who seems to specialize in all types of used horns so I doubt if it's of dubious origin. Also, it wasn't too cheap!
Thanks
Fergus
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Author: 78s2CD
Date: 2009-03-21 20:39
I may be wrong, but if I'm correctly guessing which BC you purchased I can just make out the beginning of a serial on one of the high-resolution photos of the end of the lower joint.
Best regards,
Jim Lockwood
Rio Rico AZ
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Author: fargus
Date: 2009-03-22 00:20
I think you may be onto something!
Thanks Sherlock, I mean Jim
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2009-03-22 00:57
Scrub the serial number area with an old, dampened toothbrush. That will get the crud out of the stamping and make it easier to read.
Ken Shaw
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Author: fargus
Date: 2009-04-15 16:39
Hi again. Sorry for going on about this but there's definately no serial number! Very strange
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2009-04-15 18:13
Lots of instruments bought from pawn shops have the serial numbers oblitterated for many reasons (the most obvious being they're stolen), but you bought it in good faith so don't let it play on your conscience.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: clari-hack
Date: 2009-05-08 15:48
Has the instrument had a tenon graft or socket graft? If so, the area where the serial numbers are usually stamped are cut out to replace either the socket (upper joint) or the tenon (lower joint).
Post Edited (2009-05-08 15:49)
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