Author: Dee
Date: 2002-07-06 13:06
I doubt that it is old enough to be a problem. Very few clarinets have any intrinsic value due to age (there were too many of them made, especially intermediate level horns like Evette & Schaeffer). If it can be put into good playing condition, go ahead and let her use it.
Many of us on this board use clarinets that have some age on them. My main instrument is a pro Leblanc from the 1950s. My backup up is a Pruefer from about 1940 or so. There are some people on this board using instruments from the 1930s.
The serial numbers for Buffet's professional instruments are independent of those for their intermediate and beginner instruments. So rest assured that your Evette & Schaeffer does NOT date from 1887. The Evette and the Evette & Schaeffer instruments preceded Buffet's current E series (E-11 and E-13). As such, the Evettes and Evette & Schaeffer instruments were probably discontinued around 1960 or so. I don't know when they started making this series, but I've seen none that would be older than the mid-1930s. This is based on instruments that I've seen that were in what appeared to be in their original cases and using the case styling as an indicator of age.
As far as I can tell, there is little to no information on serial numbers for the Evette & Schaeffer instruments. Buffet simply did not keep records of them. They also lost many records over time. Buffet is not alone in this. Most makers don't seem to have any records older than about 30 years so the lists you find on the internet have been painstakinly compiled by correlating information such as "my grandpa, mom, uncle, etc bought this new in xxxx" and so on.
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