Klarinet Archive - Posting 000179.txt from 1998/11

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Some old clarinet parts
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 04:27:37 -0500

"Martin" suggests "Martin freres", a formerly well-known French
manufacturer. Green suggests you've got an old ebonite instrument. These
were made ostensibly for use in the tropics where wood might suffer, and
normally have stainless steel keywork, as copper alloys would blacken
rapidly with the sulphur in the rubber.
Roger Shilcock

On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Cox, Graeme wrote:

> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 16:26:52 +1300
> From: "Cox, Graeme" <Graeme.Cox@-----.nz>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: "'klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: [kl] Some old clarinet parts
>
> Hi Klarinetters,
>
> I have just bought a very scruffy old clarinet which looks rather like parts
> assembled from several old horns. I wonder if anyone can help my identify
> them...
>
> 1. Main joints wood stamped 319092 with no obvious maker name.
> 2. Selmer Paris C* mouthpiece. (No problem with that!)
> 3. Bell from Boosey & Hawkes Regent. (No problem there either)
> 4. Barrel green and not wood with the name Martin .... faintly visible.
> 5. Case marked Cheney England with fragments of an old label that could be
> Selmer.
>
> Any ideas anyone, especially the two main joints.
>
> Hopefully,
> Graeme Cox
> Christchurch, New Zealand
> Graeme.Cox@-----.nz
>
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