Klarinet Archive - Posting 000277.txt from 1997/10

From: Karl Krelove <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Instrument ID:Fontaine
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 22:17:48 -0400

At 07:08 PM 10/8/97 -0500, Rich Nicklay wrote:
>Anyone have info, value-historical-future lamp, on the following <plastic>
>clarinet which a student of mine brought in to begin lessons on. A search
>on Sneezy didn't bring historical info. Located on the Bell: L.P. B.
>A. Fontaine. Located on the mouthpiece: Penzel-Mueller Lohg
>Island City N.Y. ; Serial #7643
>
I can't tell you anything about that one, but my first clarinet (a long
time ago - probably around 1957) was a Fontaine made of wood (plastic was
only beginning to be popular for entry level instruments). It was pretty
much the equivalent of a Bundy or an Evette (basically a Buffet E-11) or
Vito or any of the other beginner instruments that are still around. And,
BTW, it IS now a lamp in my music room - it was the first victim of my
early experiments in clarinet repair and became unplayable as a result.

Karl