WHAT YEAR IS THIS?

[chesssaxmo]

I HAVE AN E & S #25XXX
I'M NEW TO THE SAX WORLD, WHAT MODEL IS THIS?
CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE ME? :?: :?: :?: :!: :!: :!:

[Tharruff]

Chesssaxmo,

I have an Evette & Schaeffer Soprano # 29XXX which I believe to have been made in the 1920's. I don't think that they had specific model designations back then...E & S was simply the lower quality line of the Buffet Crampon Company.

I'm guessing that yours is a little older as the serial number is a little lower. I haven't ever run across serial number charts for E & S.

Mine has the address (18 & 20 Passage Du Grand Cerf) engraved in fancy script lettering near the E & S and Buffet logos and the serial number.

Mine is lacqered brass, though most of the lacquer is gone by now, does not have pearls on the key touches (never did) and is only keyed to high Eb. The low 'D' key has a hole in the middle of it with a smaller key that covers that hole to make an Eb trill key...kind of a neat oddity.

I hope this helps.

[Harri Rautiainen]

please se:
Saxophone Makes and Models/ Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
http://saxontheweb.myforums.net/viewforum.php?f=66
on this forum. Saxpics maintains there a link list to serial number sources. From that topic:

http://www.saxophon-service.de/homep/baujahr/buffet01.htm

According to that serial #25970 would date to 1922.

-Harri

[Tharruff]

Thanks Harri,

Now I have learned a little something about my old horn too !!!

[Harri Rautiainen]

Thanks Harri,
Now I have learned a little something about my old horn too !!!I read that your Evette is 1926-27 depending on what value xxx takes.

You're welcome,
-Harri

[Tharruff]

Harri,

'XXX' is in the '100' range so I am guessing 1926.

Thanks again.

[chesssaxmo]

MY UPPER OCTAVE KEY IS MISSING WHERE CAN I FIND ONE, AND WHAT IS THE BEST SETUP FOR A NEW PLAYER ON A BUGET WHO WANTS TO PLAY CLASSICAL, GOSPEL AND CHRISTIAN MUISIC

THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP GUYS :)

[Tharruff]

Chessaxmo,

I'd say that you will have a hard time finding a replacement key for a horn that old. You never mentioned whether it is a Soprano...Alto...Tenor...Baritone ???

Plus...if it is that old and missing a key...it may need a complete overhaul as well. A replacement key might be able to be made from a similar key from a different horn by cutting, bending or soldering the key.

If you are new to the Sax, and on a budget, (as you say) trying to get started on an 80 year old horn that is not playable as you got it may not be the best way to start out. You might be better off to find a more modern horn in playing condition. Maybe someone on this forum might be a Buffet / Evette collector and might buy or trade for your non-playable oldtimer.

Good luck.

[chesssaxmo]

THARRUFF

THANKS FOR THE ADVICE, BUT IT IS THE ONLY HORN I HAVE AND THE HIGH NOTES ARE STILL WITH IN REACH W/O IT. I'M SORRY IT IS AN ALTO. HOW CAN I FIND OUT WHAT MODEL.

[chesssaxmo]

WOULD IT BE A BUFFET-CRAMPON? WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFO.
AND HOW DO I CHANGE THE TIME ON MY REPLIES? IT IS ONLY 3:40 AM.

[Tharruff]

Chesssaxmo,

No. It is simply an 'Evette & Schaeffer'...there is no more specific model number or name than that.

The maker is 'Buffet Crampon & Company'.