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How Old Is My Clarinet?

Author: Jensen
Date: 2016-01-14 07:02

I have a wooden clarinet "Evette Sponsored by Buffet Paris, France" C 1863. This was passed down from Grandpa who played it as a child. This means it is at least as old as 1945. Since his parents were farmers and could not possibly have purchased a "new" instrument for him, I'm guessing it is a fair bit older than that. I've gotten nowhere with my search so far. Can anyone help?

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Re: How Old Is My Clarinet?

Author: dubrosa22
Date: 2016-01-14 10:08

That serial seems to be an oddity according to the Buffet lists which to my understanding top out the C prefix numbers at 'C999'
Posting some photos would be helpful.

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Re: How Old Is My Clarinet?

Author: Sean.Perrin
Date: 2016-01-14 10:24

Does it have a serial number?

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Re: How Old Is My Clarinet?

Author: Jeroen
Date: 2016-01-14 13:23

As it is not a Buffet the serial number is not in the Buffet range.
According to http://www.clarinetperfection.com/clsnBuffetES.htm it was probably made by Malerne in France.

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