Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2021-03-03 07:59
m1964 wrote:
> E&S was a student model with Buffet-Crampon name on it. A few
> months ago I bought one for $60, re-padded it, changed all the
> corks including tenon corks, and when I tried it, it sounded
> like a student level clarinet, no better than a good plastic
> one. And was not in tune either.
> Or, you are lucky and yours is in tune and sounds better than a
> student level instrument.
Buffet E&S was, as I remember, Buffet's top student line before the R-13. Was it designated E-13? I remember having several students back in my early teaching years who bought them and played well with them.
I don't know all these years later what might have happened to the E&S that you refurbished that might have screwed up the intonation or even the sound quality. Maybe I just remember them with an unfounded favorable prejudice, or maybe the one you had was the victim of a distorted bore or a mismatched barrel.
To the OP, I think you'd be able to get some idea of the general price level of those instruments today by searching for them on EBay. But you'd need to have someone reasonably knowledgeable evaluate the one you have in person, hands-on to get a meaningful recommendation about a selling price.
I think the same is true about the sax as well.
Sometimes repair people will sell used instruments on a consignment basis from their shops. If you know any of the local school band teachers, you might find an interested student. You could offer them on the For Sale page here at Woodwind.org (the link is highlighted in green on the right of this screen). One problem you're going to run into now, justified or not, is COVID-19-based reticence to handle or play on anyone else's instrument, particularly a wind instrument. So you may have trouble selling these instruments until after the Pandemic has cleared out.
Karl
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