![]() Updated engraving featuring the Buffet-Crampon logo and the Evette & Schaeffer name. ![]() These horns are significantly different than earlier models and are possibly the most technically advanced of any French-made horn produced at the time, with the possible exception of Couesnon. Paul Evette and Ernest Schaeffer bought the Buffet-Crampon firm in 1885 and patented their first saxophone on J(Decemin the US). ![]() They just don't have any of the alternate keywork that the patented models have. These are essentially an evolution of the earlier series of horns and have improved keywork and extended keyed range (see below). HOWEVER, these horns may have been A=435hz horns (French standard pitch) and discontinued "around" 1914 when the A=440hz (low pitch) international standard was introduced. SML revised this practice of selling the older model along with the newer one in the 1940's with their Standard model). Couesnon, Sax and other French-manufacturers also sold their low B horns as low-cost models, so I'd say this was standard practice (pun intended. ![]() These models, functionally and visually identical to earlier horns, were available (probably) as the low-cost or "introductory" line. There are three "subsets" of horns produced during this period:
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