Rare Tenor Sarrusophone Evette Schaeffer Buffet Crampon Start Price USD 10,000.00 Current Price USD 10,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, November 29, 2008 End Time Monday, December 29, 2008 Location Florida See more about 'Rare Tenor Sarrusophone Evette Schaeffer Buffet Crampon' Description EarlyMusicalInstruments.com eBay Listing A good silverplated Tenor Sarrusophone bearing the original stamp: Buffet Crampon & Cie. à Paris, Evette & Schaeffer, Ance Mon Buffet Crampon & Cie, 18 & 20 Passage du Gd Cerf, Paris, 149, made in France. Also stamped with the seller's name: Carl Fischer New York. Good original condition with the usual wear, some scratches and tiny dents, restored to playing condition some years ago. Comes with original case and original reedbox including some old reeds. Total length 71.5 cm or 28 1/4 inches."Evette & Schaeffer (earlier Buffet-Crampon) used the occasion of the Exposition Universelle de Paris of 1900 to reintroduce the complete sarrusophone family. The key positions had been made completely identical to those of the saxophone. The Sarrusophones à méchanisme perfectionné Système Evette & Schaeffer are advertised in the 1907 catalog at about the same prices as the best saxophones of the same register; nevertheless, from 1919 to 1923 only forty-nine sarrusophones were manufactured, of which twentytwo were contrabasses in E-flat. Between 1920 and 1930, French manufacturers stopped producing the sarrusophone." (Gunther Joppig) Additional pictures available upon request. We reserve the right to cancel the auction at any time if the item gets sold through our web site. copyright: Instrument pictures are property of EarlyMusicalInstruments.com and Music-Treasures.comPlease, do not distribute or copy without written permission! All sales are final. Please ask questions before bidding: Infos@EarlyMusicalInstruments.com Check out our other instruments we have for sale at: EarlyMusicalInstrumentsMusic-Treasures IMPORTANT: click here to read our terms of sale NOTE - Buyer pays shipping, handling and insurance for the full value. Please e-mail your mailing address (city, postal code and country) to receive a detailed shipping quote (eBay calculation is not always accurate).Payments accepted: Bank Wire or WU Money Transfer. PayPal by approval only prior to the auction end. E-mail for payment options. On Nov-28-08 at 17:05:56 PST, seller added the following information: Use the FREE Counters 1 million sellers do - Vendio! Place a Bid!