http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/ Basson Fran?ais Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:47:56 GMT why_daikoku http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1339 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1339 Maarten Vonk in his book "A Bundle of Joy" gives Buffet et Crampon numbers from 1885 to 1926 (all with an R), and 4-digit numbers starting in 1950. Could this Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:43:07 GMT why_daikoku http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1338 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1338 Now that I see the pictures, it is just like my one. 1900-ish? Nice case. Simon Williams Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:51:39 GMT contra448 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1337 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1337 The instrument I have is definitely not a modern one - it has been in the owner's family for a good few years. It does sound like the one Lewis has - the wing Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:50:35 GMT Lewis Dann http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1336 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1336 Nice to hear from you Ian. I have a sharp pitched Buffet Crampon bassoon, stamped 535R, I think.   It is totally unligned and the wing joint measures 16.5 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:32:09 GMT Larry Ibisch http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1335 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1335 6892 for a Buffet bassoon would be current, with in the last year or two. The wing joint should measure about 20 and quarter inches for A-440. Larry Ibisch ... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:33:42 GMT waikitleungca http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1334 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1334 I searched for the serial number on the Buffet website and the one match was a 1957 Evette model clarinet. Are there rollers on the C#, whisper key, Bb and G? Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:35:15 GMT contra448 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1333 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1333 I have Buffet basson serial number 6892 in my workshop at the moment. Can anyone tell me the the age of it? Also the owner believes it to be high pitch (Going Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:02:15 GMT waikitleungca http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1332 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1332 Dear all, Does anyone know when precisely did Buffet add rollers to the left hand C# and whisper keys? I know 35L from the early 70s had them, and those from Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:34:53 GMT Larry http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1331 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1331 Buffet used to have many different models available during the years that French bassoon was widely played. You had your choice of woods, whether you wanted Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:51:50 GMT chuck holdeman http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1330 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1330 thanks for elucidation antero! keep in touch if the address change still does not work. -chuck ________________________________ From: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:34:00 GMT antero.ojanto@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1329 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1329 Actually, with the RC model the open tone holes on the long and bell joints, meaning D, C and H (B-natural), remain in-line but the others that are closed, Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:25:47 GMT chuck holdeman http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1328 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1328 this came on with the introduction of the current model, in the 90's i believe. i can only speculate, not having asked, that it simplifies things mechanically. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:06:59 GMT Allen http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1327 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1327 I've noticed that newer Buffets now keep the pad for the bell tone hole on the side of the bell. When did this happen, and what, if any, benefits does it Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:26:51 GMT marydoob http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1326 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1326 I found a page dedicated to Le Basson I thought some might not have seen yet, it has a few links I have not seen yet. One is a link to a recording I need to Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:02:49 GMT why_daikoku http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1325 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/frenchbassoon/message/1325 http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280451595668