The Evette & Schaeffer model was Buffet's high-end intermediate model. If I read the charts correctly, serial number F72750 puts the year of manufacture at 1962. The prior owner has left this mortal coil and it is now up for sale. This is an vintage professional Buffet clarinet.
Like many instruments the R13 has had a very long run and underwent a number of changes in time. Re: Buffet Crampon serial number-model look up site? Always a good idea to get in touch with the maker. This clarinet has been professionally overhauled in our repair shop by Audrey Denny and ships in perfect playing shape, backed by our full year mechanical warranty. I also saw an Evette clarinet which was actually made of plastic(!) but the plastic had a grain pattern molded into it so it was actually quite difficult to tell it apart from wood.This is an 80's vintage grenadilla wood Buffet R13 series Bb clarinet, serial number 223686. I once saw an Evette model which was a lower-quality clarinet made in Germany. I am not familiar with the plain Evette model. In any case, I am a big fan of the Evette Master Model clarinet and I recommend to ALL my students that they purchase this model instead of spending all the extra money on a Buffet.
I do hear from a reputable source that the keys are identical but the Evette models do not have the "tone hole undercutting" which makes the Buffets so spectacular. I have also heard that they would manufacture the clarinets and then test them, and stamp "Buffet" on the best ones and "Evette Master Model" on the next-best ones.
I have heard that the differences were that the very most perfect pieces of wood were used for the Buffets, and the less perfect ones were used for the Evettes. The keys were identical to those on the professional R-13, and the exterior of the clarinet was also identical. The Evette brand indicated an "intermediate model" clarinet made by the Buffet Crampon company in Paris.ĭuring the 1970s-1980s, Evette clarinets (and the even better Evette Master Model clarinets) were made of wood very similar to the professional model Buffet clarinets.
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