In 1877 Buffet acquired the Evette & Schaeffer Company and began to use that name as their instrument brand. In 1908 Buffet began exporting instruments to the US. In 1910 Buffet introduced the Apogee premium model saxophone, which had innovative keywork features that were later adapted by other manufacturers. 1903 Buffet Crampon Evette Schaeffer Alto Saxophone made in Paris, serial #15273. Sold by Alfred Hays at 26 Old Bond St. Very Rare saxophone in.
Ah eBay sellers Sometimes they write the darndest things. Take for example, pandoraspithos, who right now has up for auction. Source: pandoraspithos Source: pandoraspithos Source: pandoraspithos Mr.
(Ms.?) pandoraspithos, writes the following about this Evette & Schaeffer alto: Vintage 1960s Evette Schaeffer Alto Saxophone MADE IN FRANCE Up for sale is an which Evette Schaeffer Saxophone which i think dates to the 1960s. Very well made instrument and is in very good condition considering its age, it has an couple of small dinks sic ? but nothing major. The pads look in very good condition. I do not have an case for the instrument, i brought one online but it does not fit the instrument. Part of my instrument collection which sadly I have to sell due to lack of space. 1960s you say? Part of your instrument collection you say?
I assume that you are most likely a collector, but not a player. Is that correct pandoraspithos? If you were a player, you’d likely know that split bell keys on saxophones ended somewhere around the late 1930s. Or perhaps that this style of Buffet horn, is reminiscent of what the company built in the first couple of decades of the 20th century. The and are needed.
Source: pandoraspithos I suspect what happened is that the seller consulted a serial number chart like, but looked at the Buffet Crampon numbers at the top, rather than the Buffet – Crampon (Evette & Schaeffer) numbers on the lower half of the page. The top half of the page tells us that a saxophone with serial #18820, was made in 1972. This is of course completely incorrect. The Evette & Schaeffer chart on the bottom half of the page, indicates that #18820 is from 1909. Yup, this horn isn’t even a vintage sax, it’s an antique.
Oh well, what’s 6 or so decades in a description? ? Clearly this horn was refinished at some point during the last 103 or so years.
The only original finish that has a chance of looking this pristine, is. It was applied so heavily, that it held up extremely well. However, also happens to be a high pitch horn, thus it saw little use. This alto currently for auction on eBay on the other hand, may well be low pitch.
Or it could be a high pitch horn. We don’t know for sure. Whichever it is, the fact that is not as crisp, indicates that at a minimum, this horn had a coat of lacquer applied, and hasn’t been played much since—since there appears to be no real lacquer wear, that we can see, in the usual spots.
If this antique, Evette & Schaeffer alto, from 1909, floats your boat, you have a few more days to get your bids in. The auction ends on June 29. Bids are to start at £139.00, which eBay estimates to be $215.81 US.
At the time of writing, there were no bids yet on this little antique sax.