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Re: help identifying older buffet model

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2023-01-01 09:18

This clarinet is from 1950.

The keys look similar because Buffet keys have always looked pretty similar (with a few exceptions), even if not identical.

If you mean similar in colour/plating, I have vague memory that even back then some Buffet clarinets had silver plated keys... but I wouldn't trust my memory for that specific detail.

It's hard to be sure about the finish/plating from photos. The photos make it most seem like nickel plating... but some photos make it seem silver plated or unplated. It's very possible it was plated (or replated) at some point during its life.

The barrel is probably a later replacement.

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