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evette master model serial number

Author: catrx
Date: 2008-01-19 05:20

Hi everyone. Been reading these post wholeheartedly. I just got an evette master model SN# D43382. Does anyone have any resources as to when is it's manufacture date? Looking at the Buffet site gives only the E&S clarinet manufacture dates rather than evettes (as per this forum). Also the Boosey site doesn't seem to have an instrument look up. Any help would be appreciated.

My guess, from trolling this forum and web dealers, that my master model dates around 1974 or 1975. Am I right? Its made in france. I'm assuming the keys are overlapping, but I don't really know too much about clarinets. I got it for my son to play in HS concert band. He's been asking for a wood clarinet ever since I upgraded my daughter's violin because the teacher couldn't stand the tone of the violin. I guess he feels he deserves an upgrade since he's still playing on his plastic Selmer CL301 since 5th grade! He never complained about the tone or intonation of his clarinet, one of the few (if there are any other) Selmers in the sea of plastic Yamahas 20s. Just that it plays a little flat from middle G to the C (this is with the original equiped mouthpiece).

Well anyway, I googled as to what would be a good step up model for high school students...and behold on allexpert.com a clarinet teacher named Malcolm Dickenson is touting everyone to get an evette master model and extolling its merits. Looking up on ebay, there where alot of them going anywhere from $250-450. Not bad compared to about $1000 for a used R13. So I found mine on shop goodwil and won it for $130.

It didn't look too bad, but it was hard to tell from the pictures. Corks are fine, some pads where yellow and brittle, some plating lost on 3 keys and on the rings. Plus it came with a Selmer C* mouthpiece (which doesn't fit the barrel) and a vandoren B45 mouthpiece (what he was recommended by the band director). After I cleaned it up, it didn't look too bad at all. I tried to have my son play it just to see how it sounded like. But he was so adament that it was an old, dirty horn and refuse to do so untill it was throughly sanitized!! How do you sanitize a wood clarinet?!! I just fooled him by saying I cleaned it out with wood soap when in actuality, I just rinsed it with water and scrubed with a long handle, small diameter bottle brush (with the pads covered with plastic, of course).

It's with the repair technician right now. Seem to need only 3-4 pads and a needle spring (I accidently broke one while cleaning). Will cost about $50 to get it playable. The tech said it was a "nice" clarinet. We'll get it back on Sunday, I'll post an update on how it plays and sound

Sorry for my long, first post.

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