Klarinet Archive - Posting 000760.txt from 1998/08

From: "Don Yungkurth" <clarinet@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Pin-Hole Levers (was Fw: Buffet E13)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:08:29 -0400

On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, F. Sheim wrote:

>> How recent do you mean? My 1963 R13 has the pin-hole type of left hand
>> levers.
>>

and Bill Hausmann replied:

>My old Rene Dumont, purchased WELL-used in 1969, has the pin-hole levers.
>It must date to AT LEAST the 1950's.

My original clarinet, a metal "Cavalier" made in Elkhart, Indiana, was
purchased, well-used, in 1945 (for $27). It has the pin-hole mechanism for
the LH E/B and F#/C# keys.

I also have a Conn Boehm clarinet with this mechanism made of hard rubber
(or some other black, non-wood plastic material) which can be dated to
~1930 or earlier by an inscription on the bell.

Don Yungkurth (clarinet@-----.net)

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