Klarinet Archive - Posting 000493.txt from 2004/01

From: "Aad Overeem" <aad.overeem@-----.nl>
Subj: Re: [kl] A penny for your clarinet.... & Henri Gunckel clarinet.
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:33:22 -0500

Vic & list,

Thanks for the link to your clarinet pages. What a great website showing
your instruments Vic, great pictures, thanks for sharing it with us!

I'm also in the process of trying to restore an old Henry Gunckel Boehm
clarinet I found on eBay.
This one also needs a lot of attention to make it playable again.
It does not has the wraparound register key, but it has the 'black dots'
spring securing screws, only on the A, Ab, C#/G# and register keys of the
upper part, not on the lower part keys.

No idea how old it is, the barely visible serial nr. on both body parts, is
22556 and to my surprise it's marked 'Made in Italy' (?) and not 'Made in
France' like yours.
The logo has the name 'Henry Gunckel' in an oval with sort of trumpet
between 'Henry and Gunckel'.
The barrel seems not original, it has a different logo and the rings are
also different from the ring on the lower part.

I appreciate it when somebody can tell me more about Henry Gunckel and how
old this clarinet is.

All the best,

Aad Overeem
Netherlands

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vic Brincat" <vbrincat@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 7:41 PM
Subject: RE: [kl] A penny for your clarinet....

>
> >So what DO you do with all your clarinets? You can only play so many.
>
> Nancy, the truth is I can't even do that very well! Although I try.
>
> I collect them. I enjoy rebuilding and reviving antique clarinets that
> would otherwise end up as someone's lampstand. I do not rebuild them with
> the intent to sell (although I have on rare occaison). I am also an
active
> member of an "Early Clarinet" list. That list also has some very
> knowledgeable members.
>
> Just in case anyone is interested, here is the link to Early Clarinet:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EarlyClarinet/
>
>
> And here is on-going catalogue of my clarinets:
>
> http://www.eldobrghm.com/clarinet/
>
> The problem is (as you pointed out) What do you do with this many, when
you
> can only play one at a time? The real irony is that out of all of
those..I
> play one particular clarinet, 5 x more frequntly than all the others
> combined. And you would never guess which one that would.
>
> Cheers!
> Vic
>

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