Buffet Rc S Serial Numbers Were A

Clarinetperfection.com also has a page dedicated to identifying Buffet Crampon models that can help you learn more about your clarinet.

Buffet Rc S Serial Numbers Were A

Until the end of 1927, serial numbers were a mixture of letters and numbers; since then, however, Buffet Crampon has numbered its clarinets in the order that they are made.

Clarinet number one was produced in 1928, and the most recent serial number on Clarinetperfection.com is 545021, manufactured in 2005.

According to Clarinetperfection.com, clarinets manufactured between 1965 and 1979 are some of the most desirable; their serial numbers lie in the 83000 to 200000 range.

Clarinetperfection.com has images and explanations of key features for models dating from 2012 back to the late 19th century that will help you identify the type of clarinet along with the year of manufacture.

You can find vintage Buffet Crampon clarinets for sale on eBay.

Considering serial numbers this number could be even 300 or higher.

Author: gatto Date: 2017-08-03 14:55 I am wondering about the progress of the Buffet serial numbers in the last two decades.

The website says that about 20052006 reaching the serial number 600000 the noting returned.

I understand this means the numbers then decreased And later the increased again Doesnt it mean that different clarinets have same serial numbers (Or were there gaps between serial numbers which could then be filled.) My own Prestige RCs have numbers around 420000 (built in 1996) and 690000 (built last or this year).

Until recently I thought the numbers just increased chronologically.

Author: Johan H Nilsson Date: 2017-08-03 16:08 The serial number is only counting up.

Buffet France seems to make over 20.000 clarinets a year now, so they will reach 700.000 this or next year.

Author: gatto Date: 2017-08-03 16:39 So the information on the website is wrong Or do I misunderstand it When I bought my RC Prestige A some weeks ago, I could test in the shop two RC Prestige and one Tosca, ordered from Paris.

The two RC Prestiges had SN slightly below 700000, the Toscas slightly above.

It was told that all the clarinets were built this year.

But I suspect that this might be only true for the Tosca with the greater SN.).

Author: Caroline Smale Date: 2017-08-06 02:44 The serial numbers move to 700000 as soon as the the number 699999 has been issued, at whatever date this occured.

It does not start on the 1st Jan or even the first of any month, just as soon as it is needed.

Author: Johan H Nilsson Date: 2017-08-06 03:29 Gatto, I didnt find any of the words noting and returned on the page you linked to.

Author: gatto Date: 2017-08-06 04:15 Johan, in the first (long) table, there is an entry between the years 1990 and 2003.

I just mentioned (as a side-remark) that my dealer told me that Buffet has claimed that all three clarinets I could test were built in this year (2017).

Since my RC Prestige, which I eventually bought, was just below 690000 and the Tosca was just over 700000, I would guess that it is more likely that the RC Prestige was built in 2016.

Assuming an strictly monotoneously increasing numbering.) But this is not really important, I am completely fine with any of these dates.

Author: Johan H Nilsson Date: 2017-08-06 12:08 gatto wrote: in the first (long) table, there is an entry between the years 1990 and 2003.

OK, found it. Buffet previously had a web page where you could enter a serial number and get information about the instrument.

At the time when the web page you linked to was created, Buffets search engine didnt return any result for serial number 600.000, therefore author tried to write Nothing returned but didnt quite succeed.:-).

Author: gatto Date: 2017-08-06 17:23 author tried to write Nothing returned but didnt quite succeed Okay, this is a good explanation.:-) I was also irritated by the remark yes a later serial number of 500 yields nearly 12 months earlier in the same table, commenting the year 2003.

Given this solution, another question: Is each number a serial number, or are there gaps between serial numbers The question is of interest if one wants to determine the average number of clarinets produced per year.

For example, if I consider the Serial numbers of the last 20 years, then we get an average number of 13500 per year.

E13) have different serial numbers.

Eric Hoeprich wrote in his book The clarinet from 2008 that Buffet currently finishes off more than 100 clarinets per week.

Buffet Rc Serial Numbers