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NMM 1853. Clarinet in B-flat by Auguste Buffet, jeune, Paris, ca. 1850. Four sections (barrel missing; bell does not fit). Stamped on top joint and bottom joint: A. BUFFET / JNE / PARIS / BRÉVETÉ. Grenadilla body; German-silver plated keys, rings, ferrules. Boehm system. 17 salt-spoon keys, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Total length (top of top joint to bottom of bottom joint):  447.0 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.

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NMM 10503. Clarinet in B-flat (HP) by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1885. Three sections. Stamped on barrel and one-piece body: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE / H.P. Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / C. FISCHER / NEW-YORK / MADE IN FRANCE / H.P. Serial number 1A355. Buffet-Crampon Model No. 2B (sans mi-flat grave). Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Improved Boehm system. 19 keys, 1 doughnut key, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Key modifications: doughnut ring-key on second tonehole, third tonehole ring for forked e-flat/b-flat, articulated c-sharp/g-sharp key with right-hand banana key between first and second right-hand finger rings for trill, alternate a-flat/e-flat key for left-hand little finger. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):  565.0 mm. Gift of Craig Anderson, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 2003.

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NMM 4582. Clarinet in B-flat (HP) by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1888. Four sections. Stamped on top joint and bottom joint: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram). Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE / H.P. Serial number 363C1. Buffet-Crampon Model No. 2*. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Improved Boehm system. 17 keys, 1 doughnut key, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Key modifications: wrap-around register key, doughnut key on second tonehole, third tonehole ring for forked e-flat/b-flat. Total length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell):  566.0 mm. Mouthpiece: black plastic, stamped: ALEXANDRE / PARIS. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989.

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NMM 5860. Clarinet in B-flat (LP) by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1895. Three sections. Stamped on barrel: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE / LP. Stamped on one-piece body: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / BRÉVETÉS / S.G.D.G. / MADE IN FRANCE / LP. Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / W. H. CUNDY / BOSTON / MADE IN FRANCE / LP. Serial number J163. Buffet-Crampon Model No. 2B*. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Full-Boehm system. 20 keys, 1 doughnut key, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Key modifications: wrap-around register key, doughnut ring key on second tonehole, third tonehole ring for forked e-flat/b-flat, articulated c-sharp/g-sharp key with right-hand banana key between first and second right- hand finger rings for trill, alternate a-flat/e-flat key for left-hand little finger, low e-flat key for right-hand little finger. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):  634.0 mm. Same mouthpiece as NMM 5861. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995.

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NMM 5859. Clarinet in C (LP) by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1895-1904. Three sections. Stamped on one-piece body: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / BRÉVETÉS / S.G.D.G. / MADE IN FRANCE. Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / C. FISCHER / NEW-YORK / MADE IN FRANCE / LP. Serial number 483 [I or J or T]. Buffet-Crampon Model No. 2B*. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Full-Boehm system. 20 keys, 1 doughnut key, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Key modifications: metal band near top tenon, wrap-around register key, doughnut ring-key on second tonehole, third tonehole ring for forked e-flat/b-flat, articulated c-sharp/g-sharp key with a right-hand banana key between first and second right-hand finger rings for trill, alternate a-flat/e-flat key for left-hand little finger, low e-flat key for right-hand, little finger. Total length (tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell):  618.0 mm. Mouthpiece: ebonite, unmarked. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995.

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NMM 5861. Clarinet in A (LP) by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1900. Three sections. Stamped on barrel: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE / LP. Stamped on one-piece body: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / BRÉVETÉS / S.G.D.G. / MADE IN FRANCE / LP. Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram)/ C. FISCHER / NEW-YORK / MADE IN FRANCE / LP. Serial number 441N. Buffet-Crampon Model No. 2B*. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Full-Boehm system. 20 keys, 1 doughnut key, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Key modifications: wrap-around register key, doughnut ring key on second tonehole, third tonehole ring for forked e-flat/b-flat, articulated c-sharp/g-sharp key with a right-hand banana key between first and second right-hand finger rings for trill, alternate a-flat/e-flat key for left-hand little finger, low e-flat key for right-hand little finger. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):  677.0 mm. Mouthpiece: ebonite, unmarked. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995.

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NMM 2621. Clarinet in A by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1901. Three sections (barrel missing). Stamped on top joint: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / BRÉVETÉS / S.G.D.G. / MADE IN FRANCE. Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE / H. BETTONEY / BOSTON, MASS. Serial number 34P. Buffet-Crampon Model No. 1B. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Full-Boehm system. 20 keys, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Key modifications: articulated c-sharp/g-sharp key with right-hand banana key between first and second right-hand finger rings for trill, alternate a-flat/e-flat key for left-hand little finger, low e-flat key for right-hand little finger. Total length (top of one-piece body to bottom of bell):  571.0 mm. Gift of Rachael Foss, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1978.

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NMM 3057. Clarinet in B-flat by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1903. Two sections (barrel missing). Stamped on one-piece body: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE. Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / C. FISCHER / NEW-YORK / MADE IN FRANCE [MADE IN FRANCE is printed upside-down]. Serial number 638R. Buffet-Crampon Model No. 1B*. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Full-Boehm system. 20 keys, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Key modifications: wrap-around register key, articulated c-sharp/g-sharp key with right-hand banana key between first and second right-hand finger rings for trill, alternate a-flat/e-flat key for left-hand little finger, low e-flat key for right-hand little finger. Total length (top of one-piece body to bottom of bell):  533.0 mm. Gift of Willard Sorenson, Los Gatos, California, 1982.

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NMM 3495. Clarinet in B-flat (HP) by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1910. Three sections. Stamped on one-piece body: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE / HP. Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / C. FISCHER / NEW-YORK / MADE IN FRANCE / HP. Serial number 1D731. Buffet-Crampon Model No. 1B*. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Full-Boehm system. 20 keys, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Key modifications: wrap-around register key, articulated c-sharp/g-sharp key with a right- hand banana key between first and second right-hand finger rings for trill, alternate a-flat/e-flat key for left- hand little finger, low e-flat key for right-hand little finger. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):  602.0 mm. Gift of David Staron, Hawarden, Iowa, 1984.

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NMM 5292. Clarinet in B-flat by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1917. Four sections. Stamped on barrel, top joint, and bottom joint: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE / N.B. Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / CARL FISCHER / NEW-YORK / MADE IN FRANCE / N.B. Serial number 165L1. Buffet-Crampon Model No. 2*. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Improved Boehm system. 17 keys, 1 doughnut key, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Key modifications: wrap-around register key, doughnut key on second tonehole, third tonehole ring for forked e-flat/b-flat. Total length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell):  611.0 mm. Mouthpiece: hard black rubber, unmarked. Gift of Walter C. Corsi, San Bernardino, California, 1992.

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NMM 9846. Clarinet in B-flat (LP) by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1918. Four sections. Stamped on barrel, upper joint, lower joint, and bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE / LP. Serial number 747L1. Buffet-Crampon Model No. 1*. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Boehm system. 17 keys, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Key modifications: wrap-around register key. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):  601.0 mm (small gap between barrel and top joint). Gift of Cheryl Crandell, Storm Lake, Iowa, 2000.

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NMM 6084. Clarinet in A (LP) by Auguste Buffet, Paris, ca. 1922. Four sections. Stamped on barrel: A / LP. Stamped on top joint, bottom joint, and bell: [music lyre] / AUGUSTE / BUFFET / PARIS / [5-point star] / BRÉVETÉ / S.G.D.G. Serial number 2206. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Boehm system. 17 keys, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):  634.0 mm. Gift of William Maynard, Massapequa, New York, 1997.

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NMM 13780. Clarinet in B-flat by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1936-1937. Four sections. Stamped on barrel, top joint, bottom joint, and bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE. Serial number 19368. Buffet-Crampon Model No. R-16. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Full-Boehm system. 20 keys, 7 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Key modifications: third tonehole ring for forked e-flat/b-flat, vent hole between second and third left-hand finger rings under alternate e-flat/b-flat key for intonation, bottom tenon has tonehole for the articulated c-sharp/g-sharp key, articulated c-sharp/g-sharp key with right-hand banana key between first and second right-hand finger rings for trill, alternate a-flat/e-flat key for left-hand little finger, extended range low e-flat key with elongated body. Total length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell):  635.0 mm. Mouthpiece: black plastic, stamped: A / PRECISION. Gift of Karen Streiff, Phoenix, Arizona, 2008.

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NMM 6737. Clarinet in B-flat by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1938. Four sections (with an additional barrel). Stamped on barrel, top joint, bottom joint, and bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE. Serial number 23440. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Boehm system. 17 keys, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):  599.0 mm. Mouthpiece: black plastic, stamped on front: FRANCE; stamped on back: Selmer / ELKHART, INDIANA / 3. Harry C. Turen Estate, Yankton, South Dakota, 1999.

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NMM 1447. Clarinet in B-flat by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1940-1957. Four sections. Stamped on barrel, top joint, bottom joint, and bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE. Serial number 51571. Buffet-Crampon Model No. R-13. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Boehm system. 17 keys, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Total length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell):  602.0 mm. Mouthpiece: black plastic, stamped on front: FRANCE / C, stamped on back: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche). Gift of Helen Hulsebus, Sioux City, Iowa; Opal Stinson, Durango, Colorado; and Agnes Searl, Yakima, Washington, in memory of Lila Anderson, 1976.

NMM 13401. Clarinet in B-flat by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1960-1970. Evette line. Four sections. Stamped on barrel, top joint, bottom joint, and bell: [music lyre] / PARIS / EVETTE / FRANCE (PARIS / EVETTE / FRANCE within an oval cartouche) / MADE BY BUFFET CRAMPON (wrapped under cartouche). Serial number D11214. Evette Model E-13. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Boehm system. 17 keys, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):  599.0 mm. Mouthpiece: black plastic, stamped on back: Woodwind (in script) / COMPANY / VITO II (Leblanc "Bell" trademark). Gift of Marcy Montgomery, Greenwich, Connecticut, 2007.

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NMM 13777. Clarinet in B-flat by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, 1960-1979. Evette line. Four sections. Stamped on barrel, top joint, and bell: EVETTE / SPONSORED BY BUFFET / PARIS FRANCE (within an oval cartouche). Serial numbers B2890 and B3648 (stamped twice, one on top of the other). Evette Model E-10. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Boehm system. 17 keys, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):  594.0 mm. Mouthpiece: black plastic, stamped on front: 2RV; stamped on back: Vandoren / [diagonal line] / Paris. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.

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NMM 5853. Clarinet in B-flat by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1965. Four sections. Stamped on top joint, bottom joint, and bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE. Serial number 80381. Buffet-Crampon Model No. R-13. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Boehm system. 17 keys, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Total length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell):  593.0 mm. Mouthpiece: grenadilla, stamped: BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche). Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995.

NMM 5833. Clarinet in A by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1970. Four sections. Stamped on barrel, bottom joint, and bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie [script] / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris in oval cartouche) / BC [overlapping script] / MADE IN FRANCE. Stamped on top joint: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie [script] / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris in oval cartouche) / BC [overlapping script] / MADE IN FRANCE / BC2. Serial number F114707. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Boehm-Mazzeo System. 20 keys, 1 plateau key, 5 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Extensive custom modifications by Dennis Heaney, Santa Cruz, and Norman Benner, San Jose, ca. 1970. Mazzeo called this: "Famous California Custom Clarinet." Key modifications: top joint—extended thumb plate over plateau key for left hand, right-hand side key for throat B-flat, elongated and angled register key, elongated and modified left-hand g-sharp¹/a-flat¹ key, extra right-hand side key with overlapping extensions on other right-hand side keys, c-sharp¹/g-sharp² key extension operated with right hand; bottom joint—articulated, left-hand b¹/right hand c-sharp² modification to hold c-sharp² while depressing the b¹ key, additional a-flat/e-flat² key for left-hand, little finger; bell—ringless. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):  636.0 mm. Part of a set with NMM 5834. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995.

Lit.:  Rosario Mazzeo, The Clarinet:  Excellence and Artistry (Sherman Oaks, California:  Alfred Publishing Co., 1981), 153-161.

Deborah Check Reeves, "The Mazzeo System Clarinet:  An Historical Review," The Clarinet 26, No. 2 (March 1999), pp. 62-64.

NMM 5834. Clarinet in B-flat by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1970. Four sections. Stamped on barrel: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie [script] / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris in oval cartouche) / BC [overlapping script] / MADE IN FRANCE / B67. Stamped on top joint: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie [script] / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris in oval cartouche) / BC [overlapping script] / MADE IN FRANCE / B620. Stamped on bottom joint and bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie [script] / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris in oval cartouche) / BC [overlapping script] / MADE IN FRANCE. Serial number F114269. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Boehm-Mazzeo System. 20 keys, 1 plateau key, 5 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Extensive custom modifications by Dennis Heaney, Santa Cruz, and Norman Benner, San Jose, ca. 1970. Mazzeo called this: "Famous California Custom Clarinet." Key modifications: top joint—extended thumb plate over plateau key for left hand, right-hand side key for throat B-flat, elongated and angled register key, elongated and modified left-hand g-sharp¹/a-flat¹ key, extra right-hand side key with overlapping extensions on other right-hand side keys, c-sharp¹/g-sharp² key extension operated with right hand; bottom joint—articulated, left-hand b¹/right hand c-sharp² modification to hold c-sharp² while depressing the b¹ key, additional a-flat/e-flat² key for left-hand, little finger; bell—ringless. Total length (top of barrel to bottom of bell):  600.0 mm. Part of a set with NMM 5833. Rosario Mazzeo Collection, 1995.

Lit.:   Rosario Mazzeo, The Clarinet:  Excellence and Artistry (Sherman Oaks, California:  Alfred Publishing Co., 1981), pp. 119 (illus.), 153-161.

Deborah Check Reeves, "The Mazzeo System Clarinet:  An Historical Review," The Clarinet 26, No. 2 (March 1999), pp. 62-64.