Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2012-11-14 14:31
Jack, I have no quarrel with your comments about price and I agree that the price I paid for my E-S was low (for anything), even for 12 years ago. It needed to be low because of the condition. According to the notes I took at the time, most of the pads had fallen out and were loose in the case. The backs of the reeds had turned black. The stench from the case would have gagged a goat. No hope of selling that clarinet "as is" to a mom or a dad looking for a nice used instrument for Junior. Yet there was nothing really wrong with it: no cracks, no chips, no keys bent or missing, etc..
I'm sorry if I'm confusing the issue of dates here, but unfortunately the currently-available serial number lists don't help me identify the date of my Evette-Schaeffer. (The hard rubber mouthpiece is marked "Evette & Schaeffer" and "France.") The E-13 list doesn't include any numbers starting with K; and on the ES-13 list, my serial number (without the K) would date to the period 1969-1973. That's impossible. This clarinet pre-dates WWII, as indicated by the HP mark (for "high pitch") and by a lot of other evidence, such as the old Keratol-covered contour case, which (from the pattern of staining that precisely matched the layout of the clarinet) appears to be the original. The old brands of reeds, cork grease and other stuff left in the case also indicated pre-WWII. When I brought this clarinet home, right away I cleaned it and the case and dumped the rotted pads, corks, swab, etc., so they wouldn't stink up my house, but otherwise I haven't worked on this instrument. Therefore I don't know how it plays, but it seems well-made.
Lelia
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