Klarinet Archive - Posting 000058.txt from 2001/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Strange clarinet, finding key/pitch?
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 19:08:38 -0500

At 11:23 AM 3/2/2001 -0500, Eric Mumpower wrote:
>The seller told me they were from an estate in Connecticut; there are reeds
>from no later than the 40s or 50s in sleeves marked "C.G. Conn Hartford,
>Conn. Tel. 5-1614". The instruments are fitted with bells marked "(Buffet
>Crampon standard mark)/ C. Fischer / New York / Made In France"; the bells
>match the grain and mark and color of the bodies, so I suspect they are the
>ones the instruments were originally sold with.
>
>So I would suspect these were originally sold to an American professional,
>based on the New York marking on the bells.

Carl Fischer in New York was at that time the US importer of Buffet
clarinets, so I would agree. From the telephone number, I would suppose
the reeds are from the 1940's or earlier. They've likely been in storage
for a while!

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

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