Klarinet Archive - Posting 000528.txt from 1999/08

From: Larry Paikin <larrypaikin@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:Couesnon Clarinet/Martin Freres
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:24:35 -0400

re tuning -Couesnon

and all the time I thought it was just me!

Roderick Ellem wrote:

> G'day all,
> In answer to Larry's question, I don't actually own a Couesnon clarinet, but
> in looking for a second hand wooden instrument for one of my students, I
> came across one. It seemed to play alright (apart from needing new springs)
> until I tried it with a tuner. The tuning is all over the place, some notes
> unbelievably flat and some sharp. I don't know if anything can be done about
> that (just to suggest to the owner of the instrument).
>
> However in my diligent search for a clarinet I have come across another
> brand of Clarinet I have never haerd of and so once again I am requesting
> any information from anybody on the list who may be able to enlighten me.
> this one is another french instument brand name: Martin Freres with what I
> assume is a model # 1740 (I think I can safetly say that the instrument
> wasn't manufactured in that year!). This one plays beautifully (apart from a
> minor leak in the bottom of the chalumeau register. If anybody can enlighten
> me I would be grateful.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> All the best,
> Rod.
>
> Larry Paikin wrote:
> >G'day, eh? from Canada
> >I got my soprano Couesnon (4 pc wood) in Paris in 1956
> >-snip-
> >The only other one I ever saw belonged to an amateur at Clarifest '98 in
> Columbus.
> >Do you have one?
>
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