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Re: Buffet E11 Made In Germany

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-04-21 19:54

In the UK and Europe, the E11 (and B12) wasn't stamped 'Made in W. Germany' on the back of the lower joint above the thumbrest as it was on the Evettes (both plastic and wood ones). The Buffet logo was stamped into the joints on them until the late '90s when it was printed on (and subsequently rubbed off) - also in the late '90s they had the nylon pins fitted into the ends of the LH levers and the B12 joints had the brushed finish.

I don't know if, like the B12, there was an interim period when the wooden Evette became the B&H Edgware II prior to being the Buffet E11 as the plastic Evette became the B&H Regent II for a short while until it became the Buffet B12. So far I haven't seen nor heard of the B&H Edgware II, so I assume that was never the case, but it would've bridged the gap between the end of B&H produced clarinets and the launch of the rebranded Evettes as the Buffet E11 (and B12) which were distributed by B&H.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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