Klarinet Archive - Posting 000294.txt from 1997/04

From: Steve Prescott <mipresc@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Christiansen patent
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 08:57:04 -0400

>Does anybody have a database of American clarinet patents? Yesterday I
>bought an un-named clarinet that I was told was Christiansen's patent. It
>has several unusual features: an extra vent for break a, vents for d/a and
>b/fsharp and an automatic speaker mechanism like a bass clarinet. I'd like
>to get a copy of the patent. Nick

Nick,

Try contacting Ferree's Tools, Inc. (800) 253-2261. I'm on their
mailing list so they send me sale info. On the back of the sheet of sales,
is a "patent of the past." Perhaps they have the patent you seek.

Steve

Steve Prescott
Instrument Rep.Tech./ Clarinetist
Indiana State University
mipresc@-----.edu