The one I`ve just got is an Emerson, pretty old by the looks of it, doesn`t have a split E key though it seems to have more sax-like keys than I remember the Mirage having both on top and underneath, the plating is very thick and not worn (needed a good cleaning) pads are white and look OK it`s Stamped Emerson Elkhart Indiana USA and the serial number. īTW My one and only Flute arrived today (no, not interested in getting more unless I actually gain the ability to play it), I gave it a go a few years back with a chinese Mirage and gave up (Embouchure) though it could just have been the flute being rubbish which didn`t help, as many here seem to have them and have grasped playing them I thought I`d give it another go.
I can`t see these few I`ve acquired being the end of it.
I`m sure they put the Besson name on the 1010 too (as it was their top Brass instrument brand) but don`t know what it was called.
BUFFET CLARINET SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP THROUGH 2015 FULL
I feel my Besson maybe full Boehm too as it has extra levers which are missing from the Buffets and other clarinets I`ve owned or played but the layout otherwise is the same. that 1010 is like the MkVI of British Clarinets (Probably of all vintage Clarinets), my intermediate Besson is a poor relation. I still would like a Bass Clarinet, I`ve been put off altos in general by reports. I picked up a shiny B12 as well cuz it was cheap and wanted to try an older non schreiber one out of curisity, it had thinner tubes and the pillars didn`t have locking tabs, they look like they were just melted into the plastic, haen`t a clue where it was made. I`ve had a Yamaha 250 which I really didn`t like the keywork and finger holes on, sounded ok when it wasn`t squeakijng its head off, definatly prefer the B12. TJ Artemis Hard Rubber (Never seen HR before, possibly made by Hanson except keywork ? )īesson "55" (1960s Grenadilla but with plastic Bell and barrel as standard, sounds awesome)īuffet E13 on its way (Basically a wooden B12 like the E11 and E12 but better in some way or other) Lyons C (weird "Sinclair" alike thing utterly waterproof, user repairable) Hanson SE5 (soon to be upgraded to a large bore version hopefully)īuescher Aristocrat (60s Resonite, same as a Bundy) So my list is as follows in Chronologiocal orderīuffet B12 (Schreiber made in Germany version, better than the thin body shiny ones) HN White Silver King (silver plated body, solid silver bell)Ĭouesnon Monopole Conservatoire (rollers on R little finger Eb - approx 1950s)Įvette and Schaeffer (E13 forerunner but good quality, comparable to R13)Ĭouesnon double walled metal clarinet (currently under repair by Stephen Howard, beyond my skills as needed key made) Selmer Silver plated metal pair A and Bb (A is full Boehm) Selmer Centered Tone pair A and Bb (both full Boehm) It started with picking up clarinets to repair and restore and sell on - whcih has been really successful, right up to (but not including) the selling on bit.Ĭouesnon Monopole Conservatoire (approx 1960's)īut also in the armoury there are many more - the more intertesting being I collude with myself by calling it a collection rather than GAS. Weird thing is that I`ve no inclanation to gain more saxes unless a 10M wanders along at a silly price or I win the lottery, same for guitars (one Folk jumbo, one Classical, one Naff Strat copy) but Clarinets. Playing wise I`m not a beginner chronologically but very much so in performance, I just can`t resist a good buy and love old vintage clarinets and before these I`ve got my Buffet B12 (main player), Hanson SE, Buescher Aristocrat Resonite and of course the weird but wonderful Lyons-C.
and I`ve just bought a Buffet E13 for a really good price but it may need a service (I like the B12 and fancied a wooden one) it`ll be here next week. In the last week I received a rarer Hard Rubber version of the TJ Artemis for a Steal of a price (great nick including pads but needs the keywork straightening - off to Connollys I think), today a lovely 1960s Besson "55" arrived, this is Grenadilla horn with plastic bell and barrel, the main parts are B&H Emperor I think, all made in the UK and in a nice Kinsman case.
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