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Author: jo
Date: 1999-01-23 19:08
found an Evette today at the antique and collectable show couldn't resist ,paid 140.00 I've no idea if thats fair . the horn seems almost playable no cracks visible probably needs some tweeking but its a step up from plastic .I think? Any comments appreciated.
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Author: jo
Date: 1999-01-23 19:11
By the way the mouthpiece is pop out plastic any recommendations?
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Author: Nicole Y.
Date: 1999-01-23 19:51
You'd probably want the clarinet to be checked out by a music tech. Something like that. Oh, and I'd change that no-name(I'm assuming that's what it is) to a Vandoren or a Hite or something like that.
Nicole Y.
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Author: Rick2
Date: 1999-01-23 20:52
I paid $125 for a plastic evette at a pawn shop last year, in decent working order with good pads and corks already installed. I've seen used plastic student models go for over $200 regularly, so I'd say you found a fairly good deal.
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Author: Robin
Date: 1999-01-24 16:19
Assuming the clarinet is in good shape (or could be overhauled to get it to that point), I'd say you've made a very good buy. I own both an Evette and an Evette Master Model, which according to an email I received in response to a question to Boosey & Hawkes (who now own Buffet), they are equivalent to the current E-11 and E-13, respectively (however, the Master Model is such a fantastic horn that I'd really put it much closer to an R-13 comparable to how it plays). By the way, I alternate between a Vandoren B45 mouthpiece and a Vandoren M13 mouthpiece (which was designed for the R-13), and I'd recommend either of those (as well as the others such as the Hite or Fobes mouthpieces). Enjoy that horn!
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Author: Jim Carabetta
Date: 1999-01-24 19:55
The Evette (actually Evette-Schafer) is actually a Boosey & Hawkes product. Similarly, I found an Evette tenor sax at a pawn shop in sorry shape - with a $300 investment in repairs, and a $50 outlay for the horn, it's worth 4 times my total investment, but plays too good to part with.
If my experience with an Evette is any indication, I think it'd serve you well to take it. It's not a knock-off or no-name by any stretch - depending on how hard it's lifetime was, at one time it was a fine quality instrument.
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Author: Lelia
Date: 1999-01-24 22:54
With anything labelled Evette, it's worthwhile to try to find out the approximate age. The name goes way back, to the late 19th century. At that time, Evette and later Schaeffer was an independent company, before Buffet acquired the name. I don't know much about Evette clarinets of that earliest period, but the saxes were first-rate, professional instruments. Before WWI, Evette was one of the few companies that made exotic horns such as the EEb contrabass sax. After acquiring Evette, Buffet has used that name as a model name for student instruments, but if anyone finds a very old Evette, it could be in another category altogether, depending on condition.
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Author: Doug
Date: 1999-01-27 22:04
Lelia's response has some questionable information about
Evette & Schaeffer. I am writing a quote from a Buffet
catalog c. 1968 about Evette & Schaeffer. "Fifty years ago, two of the world's greatest creators and designers of Clarinet, the Messrs. Evette and Schaeffer, succeeded the original founders of the world's foremost woodwind factory, Buffet-Crampon. Their untiring efforts and unrelenting search for perfection continued the proud traditions of Buffet and made the name world famous. Evette & Schaeffer Clarinets are built in their entirety in the Buffet factory in Mantes, France. The same wood, the same bore, the same hand-fabrication and fine tuning that are features of the Master Model Clarinets by Buffet are found in the Evette & Schaeffer."
Therefore, from this Buffet company information, these two men ran the Buffet company. The intermediate line of
Buffet clarinets at that time were labeled Evette & Schaeffer and indicated as ME-13 & E-13. The third line
clarinets were labeled Evette (NO Schaeffer name) and E-10 and B-10, the B-10 being a plastic model. This is accurate
information from the Buffet company at that time and more
accurate than what Boosey & Hawkes might say today. While
Boosey & Hawkes now own the Buffet name, they do not have
all the information about the company before their purchase.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-01-28 00:42
Official word from The New Langwill Index:
1885 Paul Evette & Ernest Schaeffer bought the firm of Buffet Crampon, then owned by Goumas, 1896 commenced manufacture of Brass Instruments, later discontinued; 1918 Maurice Evette successor; 1929 a new firm was founded under the name of 'Buffet Crampon', which name however had never been entirely dropped.
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Author: Terry
Date: 1999-03-11 04:04
In 1969 or 1970 I had a chance to play a shipment of clarinets. 25 R-13s and 25 Evettes. After 3 hours I was down to two horns which I could not tell apart, one Evette and one R-13. I bought the wood Evette. It didn't have as good of finish as the R-13 but man could it play! I have had several guys try to buy it from me over the years (one even calls it "the gold standard") but I wouldn't part with it. I now cannot get it away from my daughter who is rapidly passing me up in playing ability. So I went out and got an OLD Evette and Schaeffer and put pads on it in an effort to re-create the majic. That other horn is o.k. but doesn't hold a candle to my Evette, so today I took delivery of my "new" vintage R-13 SN# 48xxx from the early 50's. It sounds good but has terrible leaky pads. In a few weeks I hope to give it a real trial with new pads. I hope it is as good or better than my old Evette.
Oh, yes value? I got that Evette new for $250. I'm ashamed to say what the R-13 cost.
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Author: Terry
Date: 1999-03-14 00:23
I was contacted by Joseph who has identified my clarinet as a "Master Evette" with a serial # much lower than his which is a 29xxx from 1971. My Evette is a D12xxx which I got new in while in high school, probably 1968-1970. It was part of a large shipment from France and may have been on the shelf for a long while in France.
Somone on this forum has said that the Master Evette is comparable to the R-13, I know mine is.
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Author: Nancy Gay
Date: 1999-11-12 04:46
I have an Evette and Schaefer clarinet. It has Master Model,Modele Buffet-Crampon on the bell. On the top part It has Carl Fischer-Artist Model-New York. The bell also has Made in Paris France.
Can anyone tell me anthing about this horn?
Thanks
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