How do you find the age of a buffete crampton clarinet with no serial number. Even my band teacher doesnt know. A fundraiser guy at my school that used to be a band director thought that from the case that it is form the late 30's to the early 40's. Any ideas?

thoughtout the normal overhaul process of a clarinet technicians may buff the wood. During this process some wood is lost (like super fine polishing sandpaper)

over the years the serial number can get wiped out. I did it on my early 1930s K series Selmer clarinet .. or was it a L series? I've forgotten .. it's not there anymore.


Anyways, Buffets have some specific identifiers.
try this page first and report back
http://www.clarinetperfection.com/clsnBuffet.htm#Identification


here's some other general information
http://www.woodwindforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=14060#post14060

none of these pictures were any thing like my clarinet

can you provide links to pics of your clarinet - or email me some (check my profile) ?

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also - does the barrel, bell and joints have the Buffet logo on them ?

the barrel and the bell are the only places where the logo is. and I will try to get pictures.

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the main body also has the logo.