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Mystery Buffet clarinet

Author: Tony F
Date: 2016-02-02 07:52

A friend asked me if I could identify a clarinet the mother of one of his students brought in. It was hers when she played at school and she wanted to know if it was good enough for her child to use. The serial number places it as built in 1984, and this corresponds with her recollection of when it was bought for her.

She believes it to be a Buffet, but it has no trace of a manufacturers logo or model number anywhere on it, only the serial number.

As far as I can ascertain it is an E11, in very good condition. The case and mouthpiece are Buffet, and the case is correct for the date. It plays better than any other E11 I've come across. Did Buffet ever sell instruments without their Logo? Or can anybody think of a reason why any trace of a logo is absent?

Tony F.

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