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Is this even a Buffet?

Author: ndfay
Date: 2018-06-23 17:24

This was sold to me as a "Buffet" clarinet. Made in Germany, serial 1159034. There are no logos on any part. At first I thought the cheap E-11 logos had just worn off--as is often the case--but then I asked why this clarinet would have an earlier serial with screen-printed logos compared to my later serial with imprinted logos. Then I'm also noticing several subtle differences from my other German Buffet. Note the oversized adjustment screw on the A, the "added on" look of the finger pads on the RH trill keys (vs. one contiguous key), the shape of the lower sliver key, the little cutout part on the LH pinky keys, which are also not "pinned" to their RH counterparts as my Buffet is. It also has blued steel tapered springs, vs. silver non-tapered on my marked Buffet. It's serialized on both joints while my Buffet is only on the lower joint. It has "Made In Germany" under the serial, while my Buffet has "Made In W. Germany" over the serial. Mine (s/n 233258) is either an "original" Buffet-outsourced Schreiber-Keilwerth E11, except that the keys are nickel, which would make it a Buffet-owned Schreiber-made E11N, except that it says "W. Germany," which doesn't seem likely after the Schreiber purchase in 2010, and it has imprinted logos, and it's in a 70's-ish case. That's a mouthful! Anyway . . . just wondering if the one I bought is really a Buffet E-11 (B45, etc.), or if it's an unmarked German clarinet in a Buffet case.

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