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Re: State of Bogus Knock Offs?

Author: Lelia Loban ★2017 Date:   2015-05-31 23:08 fskelly wrote, >Is anyone aware of any kind of bogus clarinet equipment that would take an expert to detect?> If I've ever encountered anything that good, it's fooled me! > My guess is it would cost more to make that good a phony than the counterfeiter could get for it, so it's not likely to happen.> My guess is that you're right. >Or there is the possibility of a genuine article relabeled or rebranded, or serial number altered, to make it seem more valuable. > I think altering a serial number on a Buffet would look conspicuous, because Buffet stamps those numbers into the wood. To get rid of a number altogether or to erase one number and change it to another, someone would have to sand the number out, and I think deep enough sanding to do the trick would leave a dip. Worth thinking about, though I wouldn't buy a clarinet that looked as if someone messed around with the serial number for another reason, too: a thief might disguise the number in case the rightful owner reported the instrument stolen. Lelia http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban To hear the audio, click on the "Scorch Plug-In" box above the score.

Topics	Author	Date
State of Bogus Knock Offs?  new	knotty	2015-05-28 19:48
Re: State of Bogus Knock Offs?  new	Lelia Loban	2015-05-29 22:52
Re: State of Bogus Knock Offs?  new	Ed	2015-05-29 23:02
Re: State of Bogus Knock Offs?  new	knotty	2015-05-30 01:22
Re: State of Bogus Knock Offs?  new	Steven Ocone	2015-05-30 21:36
Re: State of Bogus Knock Offs?  new	fskelley	2015-05-31 03:11
Re: State of Bogus Knock Offs?  new	Lelia Loban	2015-05-31 23:08
Re: State of Bogus Knock Offs?  new	DavidBlumberg	2015-06-01 00:00

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