Klarinet Archive - Posting 000355.txt from 1998/11

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Some old clarinet parts
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:37:36 -0500

There is also what appears to be an emblem of a winged insect (fly??)
above the logo as well as a symbol below. I don't know anything about
Martin except they were made in Paris.

Roger

On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Cox, Graeme wrote:

> 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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