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There is a mountain of information about the Evette and Schaeffer clarinet on the clarinet bulletin board. I have posted this question on there but had no views - so thought I would try here.
I think the gist of model designation is:
Evette model became the E10 and has serial number starting with a D. Student model
Evette and Schaeffer model became the E13 and has serial number starting with a K. High end intermediate model.
Evette Master model became E12
Evette and Schaeffer Master model - still E13 but of better quality (?wood quality)
I have a clarinet that has Evette and Schaeffer stamped on all four pieces (as photo shows)
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But the serial number appears to once have been a D and has a slightly larger K stamped over it.
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So my questions are:
Would others agree that the serial letter looks altered?
Is the pedigree of these instruments more associated with the Evette and Schaeffer designation than the serial letter prefix?
Does anybody have a model with a K serial number, and if so does it appear same font and relative size as mine?
Does this represent a factory error - or might some (sad) person have gone to the bother to change the serial to make it look like a "K" series?
The clarinet sounds great. They are the archetypal Ebay sleeper. This is for interest only
I think the gist of model designation is:
Evette model became the E10 and has serial number starting with a D. Student model
Evette and Schaeffer model became the E13 and has serial number starting with a K. High end intermediate model.
Evette Master model became E12
Evette and Schaeffer Master model - still E13 but of better quality (?wood quality)
I have a clarinet that has Evette and Schaeffer stamped on all four pieces (as photo shows)
View attachment 2037
But the serial number appears to once have been a D and has a slightly larger K stamped over it.
View attachment 2038
So my questions are:
Would others agree that the serial letter looks altered?
Is the pedigree of these instruments more associated with the Evette and Schaeffer designation than the serial letter prefix?
Does anybody have a model with a K serial number, and if so does it appear same font and relative size as mine?
Does this represent a factory error - or might some (sad) person have gone to the bother to change the serial to make it look like a "K" series?
The clarinet sounds great. They are the archetypal Ebay sleeper. This is for interest only
