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Re: Evette Schaffer Modele Buffet Clarinets

Author: KV
Date: 2009-03-02 14:14

"Artley" The catalog claimed that I was getting an "Artley" French clarinet from an old music school that closed in NYC. I agreed to pay about $200 for this "fine wood clarinet, etc. etc." I wanted to surprise my kid with his fine clarinet for a concert. When I got it i tried to play it and it was pretty hard to play, a few pads were loose and so i lent him my old Barklee or some other such clairnet that I had with mixed parts until I could get this old dog looked over--
Well, i never looked at it again, child graduated, went into the Navy and at age 23--he never asked for it again. Fast forward. Mom is doing an inventory of the 4 clairnets that live in this space with me and i never got an "Artley!" (I just purchased an 4x glass) and I found out that I have an "Evette Schaffer Paris France: Buffett-Crapon A921 " All 4 of the pieces match except the mouthpiece which is a "penzel-mueller New York" If I read the chart correctly the serial number indicates it was built in 1886. I guess the French were happy to be making clairnets for the Americans who might have been still celebrating the end of the Civil War! Ha!
Should I be angry? Did I pay too much? At the time, for a single mom with 3 boys the $200 seemed like a lot. My son is in Iraq and I was feeling sentimental.

kimvawter72@cox.net

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