Klarinet Archive - Posting 000513.txt from 1997/07

From: "Andrew Scholberg" <ascholbe@-----.com>
Subj: Announcing $300 referral bonus
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 20:07:06 -0400

Announcing $300 Referral Bonus

I=92ll pay you a referral bonus of $300 if you=92ll help me find a buyer =
for a
set of Buffet clarinets (A & B flat) that may be unique. Here@-----. I =
need
to sell the clarinets to raise money to buy an antique flute.

The clarinets are in excellent condition and come with the original plan
(scale: 1@-----. Buffet wrote me a letter expressi=
ng
astonishment that I possess the original plan. They said an original plan
rarely leaves the factory, and they requested a photograph of the plan fo=
r
their museum. I sent them a photo, and I still have the original. (I boug=
ht
the clarinets and plan from the son of a deceased jazz clarinetist in
Minneapolis.)=20

Buffet told me the clarinets were made in 1920 (serial numbers 1N279 and
1N281). The keyed sections are in *one* long piece of grenadilla, contrar=
y
to modern instruments. Most unusual, they have extra trill keys for the
throat tones a and g sharp, operated by the index finger of the *right*
hand. The clarinets also have a forked b flat mechanism.

Who do you know who appreciates fine old instruments? Who do you know who
is a collector? To receive photographs of the clarinets and plan, send a
self-addressed stamped envelope to Andrew Scholberg, 4805 W. Irving Park
Road, Chicago, IL 60630. If you have questions, feel free to reach me by
snail mail, email (ascholbe@-----.

The $300 referral bonus will be the easiest money you@-----. The
price of the clarinets is $4,500, which includes the original plan,
suitable for framing. Any clarinet player would be proud to own and play
this set and display the plan on the wall of his or her living room.=20