Author: TrueTone
Date: 2018-03-27 00:29
There are some 1880s Buffet Albert System Clarinets that have an LP or HP marking at the NMM, (link: http://collections.nmmusd.org/Clarinets/Buffet/BuffetAlbertSystemClarinets.html ) so I'd expect it to be from around that time, as like Caroline said above, they had a lot of differing pitch standards in the 1840s. Additonally, Buffet went to their normal circular logo like on all of their clarinets (well, from before 2016, when they changed it...) today have on them.
I know of someone who has an A Clarinet that Buffet made in 1910 that also debunks them, but my 1918 Eb Clarinet is a bit wierd in that it's marked NB. The twelfths are too narrow for it to be in tune at any standard, (about 10 or 15 cents off on both sides at best.) but I'm pretty sure that was caused by someone tampering with the bore, as it looks rather roughly bored out. It's got a bore of about .530, from when I measured it about a year and a half ago with a pair of calipers, I'm planning on taking it to get it repaired by someone who might be able to help a bit, but that's not relevant to the topic on hand.
Back to your Musette though, could you take some pictures of it? I'd be interested in seeing what it looks like. And does it have any kind of serial number? If it doesn't, it's from the mid 1880s or earlier, assuming that it wasn't just worn off, and if it does there are some charts on the internet for Buffet Oboes of the time, although they restarted their serials a few times.
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