Klarinet Archive - Posting 001067.txt from 1998/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Bass Clarinet
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 05:26:05 -0500

At 04:32 PM 3/20/98 +1300, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I'm delurking for the first time to ask for some help about the identity
>of a bass clarinet I'm going to look at this weekend.
>
>Its a Jerome Thibouville(?) Lamy wooden bass with a low Eb and a 2 piece
>body. The guy thinks it might have been made in the 50's.
>
If I'm not mistaken, Thibouville is sort of a suburb of Paris where the
instrument making is really centered. So it is probably a Jerome Lamy made
near Paris. Sorry I can't help you any more.

>Also, at what level is the Selmer Series 9 clarinet line aimed at. I
>might have a bass on the go.
>
The Series 9 is a full-fledged pro instrument, replaced by the Series 10.
Some say the 9 is better. I have a 10 myself and, if so, the 9 must be
pretty good.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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