Klarinet Archive - Posting 000065.txt from 1997/06

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Alto clarinet
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 07:59:17 -0400

Todd and Lynnette,
Are you sure it isn't <Malerne>? With an A instead of an O? If it
is, then the company was a French instrument maker. I think they went
belly up around WWII. The reason I know the name is that Stanley Drucker
SWEARS by an old Malerne mouthpiece he has.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Todd and Lynnette Staley wrote:

> Hello all,
> It is really great to have the list up again and hats off to all who made
> it happen so quickly. I have a question about an alto clarinet which I
> have recently become the owner. It is very old; even I can tell that. The
> body is wood and in good condition although in need of cleaning, pads and
> corks. My question is the manufacturer and approx. age. The name on the
> instrument reads:
> R.M.
> R. Molerne
> Paris
> The serial number is 216I. Thanks to anyone who can enlighten me with this
> information or tell me how to get it.
> Lynnette
> SIUC
> --
> Todd & Lynnette Staley
> email: nette@-----.net
>