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Buffet Crampon & Cie "Brevetes S.G.D.G."

Author: modernicus
Date: 2021-02-01 21:08

I know what it means, but what is the logic for when it was applied throughout the company's history? I have Buffet Crampon &Cie clarinets, all Boehm system, from about 1859 through the probably 1870s that are marked this way, then one from 1886 (via serial number) that doesn't have it as well as a 1906 that doesn't. Also a late 1940s that obviously does not have it. However, it seems like some post-serial number (1885+) clarinets I've seen on the net have it? Does anyone know the logic to when it was applied? It doesn't seem correlated to market either, as the 1906 I got from France, but then there are instruments represented as being later that do have it. Does it have to do with specific features that each clarinet has that could be patented? Or what were the patents for, even? I have one I'm trying to date, it has no serial, has the patent mark, but plain 17/6 Boehm. Early 1880s I'm supposing. Just thinking if I knew the logic or history of the patent mark, it would help date Buffets from the late 19th to early 20th century.

Post Edited (2021-02-02 00:22)

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