Klarinet Archive - Posting 000359.txt from 1995/12

From: Bill Fogle <bfogle@-----.EDU>
Subj: E/B won't sound
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 14:21:55 -0500

I have an old Selmer I bought in NY last year with a thin crack running
from the top of the LH joint to near the A key [*please* abide my
non-professional quality terminology!]. Anyway, the instrument plays well
*except* for low E in chaleumeau/B in clarion which *cannot be sounded*.
My question to anyone who may find the subject interesting is: do you
think it's the crack, or is this a bad pad job? It looks to have been
hastily padded before sale.

It's an interesting instrument which I want soon to have Selmer date for
me (I plan to take all the metal off and taste the wood--if it's stale
like old wedding cake, it's OLD!). It's not exactly a Boehm. It's not
exactly an Albert. I've only seen two photos of clarinets like it. One in
a jazz dictionary, another on something like a Pearl historical jazz CD.

Thanks.

   
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