Buffet Crampon clarinets Professional clarinets since 1825, factory established 1850. This list does not include the Evette model clarinets made by Buffet. Hp Sata Ahci Drivers. Note: An F preceeding the serial number indicates a clarinet made at the European pitch standard (A=442 - A=444). Dst File Converter Embroidery Machines.

Having a look at a second hand Buffet and putting the serial number into the Buffet website returns Brand: Buffet Crampon. The Buffet website only really returns the serial numbers of R-13 and other professional clarinets. The BC prefix is just that a prefix. Thank you for choosing Buffet Crampon. We know your instrument is precious and deserves respect and the best of care. Below are simple instructions regarding your instrument's use, its maintenance and its guarantee. Please read it carefully and do not hesitate to contact any of our resellers for advice.

The keywork for the Buffet's is made at Schreiber in Germany. From a post on woodwind.org by Javier Garcia. La Couture-Boussey, in Normandy, nord of Paris, a place linked to music instruments making. As 'Memoire d'Ebone', page 73: 'The manufacture of calrinets began at La Couture-Boussey toward the end of the eighteenth century, and among the earliest to work in the production of this instrument were certainly members of the Buffet family, whose presence in the village has been documented at least as far back as 1772.'

1955 print ad. First of all, 'Evette & Schaeffer' model clarinets are not the same as 'Evettes.'

When this designation was used, the Evette was Buffet's student/low-end intermediate wood instrument. The Evette & Schaeffer model was Buffet's high-end intermediate model. (Evette and Schaeffer were two partners who purchased the Buffet company in the early part of the 20th century but retained the Buffet name.) [See the clarinetperfection link below: Buffet factory was bought in 1885 by two men, whose last names were Evette and Schaeffer. 2000 Marlette Mobile Home Serial Number H019485ab. From Annette: Their complete names: Paul Evette and Ernest Schaeffer.] Both models appear to have been around for a long time. I have an early Evette & Schaeffer whose keywork is quite similar in style to the keywork on a professional Buffet instrument from 1936 that a friend of mine owns. Buffet made the model until 1981 or 82 (with significant design changes over the years) when they changed the designation to the E13. All the evidence I have seen indicates that these instruments were always made in the main Buffet factory.