Hi guys I am buying a bass clarinet and I got a fellow that let me see a prestige and he says the serial number is: H40978. Can you find out what year it is?
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The most accurate answer would be "fairly recent." Most of the Buffet serial number charts for harmony instruments only go up to 1993. If you look at the serial number trend for harmony clarinets, it's generally only a couple hundred to 1000 per year, and 1993 ends with 26734, doing the math, you end up with ... "fairly recent." If you want an exact answer, you need to go through Buffet.