Klarinet Archive - Posting 000291.txt from 1998/01

From: bill.fogle@-----.com (Fogle, Bill)
Subj: Re: RE;RE The Darkside
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 11:29:17 -0500

Michael--

I play the 1010 with a couple of mouthpieces from Daniel Bangham (in U.K.)
One is a bored-out Vandoren 5RV and the other is a later-model 1010
mouthpiece. My problem with the instrument, which still has the original
leather pads, is that I can't produce full-tube tones. My assumption is
that it leaks somewhere. I still often take out the instrument, but usually
end up frustrated by the inability to articulate in the middle of the
scale. I really love the altissimo as well as throat tones! I will not
submit it for repair until I can afford to have really first-rate work done
on it. In other respects, the instrument is in good shape. Probably
manufacured around 1975.

Good luck with the Vintage instruments. I have an A clarinet (Buffet) from
about 1962 or '63, but I imagine it's too late to be a "vintage Vintage."
Thanks for the very interesting notes.
Bill Fogle
Washington, DC
bill.fogle@-----.com
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> From: reedy <mwhight@-----.uk>
> To: Klarinet <klarinet@-----.us>
> Subject: RE;RE The Darkside
> Date: Tuesday, January 06, 1998 10:34 AM
>
> Thanks Bill
> Hope you get on to your 1010 soon!
> I have many old 1010 mouthpieces made by Hawkes, Boosey and Hawkes,
Rudall
> Carte,Frank Holdsworth,Kell and others and would be glad to send some
over
> if you are having difficulty.In fact I also bought my 1010 second hand
from
> Pru Whittaker (RPO) .She has now gone on to Peter Eaton clarinets like
many
> ex 1010 players because they share the same flexibility with more
consistent
> tuning.Eaton mouthpieces go very well on 1010s as do bored out Portnoys.I
> have a bored out selmer C85 120 on mine.
>
> 1010s can be played in many ways, not just a la Brymer and are a much
> maligned breed.I tried Thea Kings pair which belonged to her late
> husband,Frederick Thurston which had quite a close set up and produced a
> rich but focused tone- not what you would normally expect but what was
> originally intended.
>
> I borrowed her old Buffets for a couple of weeks and ended up keeping
them
> for 8 years! They are superb instruments, not perfectly in tune but all
the
> more interestng because Buffet seemed to be more concerned with tonal
> quality than pitch at the time.They shipped instruments with a UK stamp
on
> them(serial nos 140000 onwards) and now these instruments are highly
sought
> after.I note that they have begun to manufacture a "vintage "clarinet now
> based on this design and I am going to Paris at the end of the month to
try
> them out as well as to talk to Leblanc about their Ambience clarinet
whichis
> also promising.I'll let you know how I get on.
>
> All the best
>
> Michael Whight