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Author: jDuong
Date: 2010-11-26 04:04
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I'm looking for some information on bass clarinet.
It's an Evette by Buffet. Just Evette. I'm assuming it is a student model because my school is letting me use it.
Attached are some images of its keys, logo and case.
The serial number is 5432 with no letters preceding it.
I looked the serial number up on the Buffet-Crampon website and it returns:
Brand: Buffet Crampon
Instrument: Clarinettes n1 440 Evette
Serial number: 5432
Year of manufacturing: 14/05/1954
I'm not sure if this information is correct. It says to only enter serial numbers of professional models and I /believe/ that mine is a student model.
Would you perhaps have any further information on this clarinet or similar clarinets?
Regards,
Jenny Duong
Post Edited (2010-11-26 04:16)
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-11-26 15:15
You've probably got the only left-handed bass clarinet in the world there!
Only joking. These were made for Buffet by Marlerne to fill a gap in Buffet's lineup (as Buffet themselves only made pro level basses) - they were made in both plastic (or ebonite) and wood, also with one- and two-piece bodies.
I don't think it's as old as the serial number suggests (as these would have a Malerne serial number that won't correspond to Buffet's numbering system) - it probably dates from the '60s or '70s.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: jDuong
Date: 2010-11-26 20:47
Thank you Chris!
Would you know if I have to find a Malerne stamp on my bass to know if it was a Malerne or not? The only stamp/logo I can find is the Evette logo.
And this is a silly question, but do they actually make left-handed clarinets? That would be pretty cool!
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-11-26 22:14
It won't be stamped Malerne anywhere as they were stamped with the Evette logo at the factory instead - a practice known as stencilling (the maker effectively 'stencils' in another maker's name on instead of their own).
Other stencil instruments are some Vito piccolos, flutes and saxes that were made by Yamaha, Evette, B12 and E11 clarinets were made by Schreiber, Evette saxes (since the mid '80s) by Jupiter, Martin saxes made by Yanagisawa, all manner of brass and woodwind instruments with all manner of names made by B&S and Amati, etc.
I've only seen one of these basses that actually carries the R. Malerne stamp on it - all others I've seen have been stamped as either Conn or Evette.
A few left-handed soprano clarinets have been built, although I don't know of any left-handed basses.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2010-11-26 22:17
I saw a left-handed BFlat Soprano clarinet quite recently on the auction site that must not be named.
Tony F.
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