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Re: Location of serial # on old Buffets?

Author: Bill
Date: 2019-09-11 22:26
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The clarinet is a Buffet-Crampon "Brevetes" "S.G.D.G." with a swan's neck (or "wrap-around") register key. The number "1709" is stamped in four places: (1) on the back but at the *top* of the top joint (see photo), (2) below the thumb rest on the bottom joint (the stamping was botched; see photo), (3) on the back *near* (but not exactly "at") the bottom, and (4) prominently on the bell.

No serial number stamp appears at the usual place on the top joint (back *bottom*) or on the bottom joint (very bottom of joint). However, there is what appears to be some kind of ancient (but unreadable, even at high magnification) serial number stamp where you'd expect it on the bottom joint (see photo).

Seems to me the "1709" is an institutional number used for inventory or something -- not stamped by Buffet-Crampon. Also, it is oddly newer and clearer than any of the Buffet stamps (logos, etc.).

I've included a picture of the RH pinky keys to show the old-style spring (underneath) and metal "dot" on the top of the key.

Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)

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