Klarinet Archive - Posting 000346.txt from 1998/11

From: "Cox, Graeme" <Graeme.Cox@-----.nz>
Subj: RE: [kl] Some old clarinet parts
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:40:32 -0500

Roger,

The logo is enclosed by a Buffet-type dashed oval, so chances are, it is the
same Martin. There is also a small symbol inside the oval, but I cannot work
out what it represents. Do you know anything about this manufacturer?

Graeme Cox
Graeme.Cox@-----.nz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Garrett [SMTP:rgarrett@-----.edu]
> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 1998 3:03 AM
> To: 'klarinet@-----.org'
> Subject: Re: [kl] Some old clarinet parts
>
> Would this be the same Martin whose name appears with a Buffet-type dashed
> circle on my 14 key A clarinet (boxwood)....Circa 1840?
>
> Roger Garrett
> IWU
>
> On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Roger Shilcock wrote:
>
> > "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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