Klarinet Archive - Posting 000495.txt from 2004/10

From: Larry Paikin <larrypaikin@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] It seems I can't get away from clarinets
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 23:35:12 -0400

In 1956, I bought a COUESNON Bb #21930 from the factory in downtown
Paris. It's Buffet-like in appearance It's now worn out and I'm
guessing good for making into a lamp.

Perhaps that is the manufacturer's name

dnleeson wrote:

>With the sale of my last two clarinets, my home was free of all
>clarinets for the first time in over 60 years. (Basset horns
>don't count.) And then my wife called from a seminar that she
>was giving on genealogy and asked me to pickup and take to her
>home one of the translators who needed a ride.
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>So I picked her up and we were making small talk on the way to
>her place when she told me that her husband had passed away a
>year ago and he was a musician. I asked what he played. And you
>already know the answer.
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>Bottom line is that he had two clarinets that she asked me to
>look at and I the first thing I told her was that I would need to
>take them to a reliable repair person to determine how much work
>they needed. Apparently he had stopped playing about 2 years
>before he died and the clarinets sat there. Actually in the case
>of one of the instruments, it's worse than that because it was an
>old horn that he gave up to buy a new buffet around 1980, so it
>hasn't been played in a long time.
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>So what I have is one B-flat clarinet made by a company whose
>name I cannot recognize and my reaction is that it might be work
>nothing on a good day. But I'm not really qualified to make
>those judgements so I'll have it looked at.
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>Allright then, question 1: what is a GOUESNOT clarinet made in
>France, goodness knows when. The difficult to read serial number
>may read 35ADB but I can't be sure. My opinion is that the
>instrument is worthless. It has a Buffet mouthpiece of uncertain
>vintage.
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>However, there is a second instrument that he got to replace the
>GOUESNOT, a lovely Buffet, serial number 274158, and this thing
>may have some value for the widow. It has a Vandoren mouthpiece
>that may be satisfactory. I'll have to sterilize it and try to
>make noise.
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>So now I come to question 2: what does a used Buffet of this
>vintage sell for, presuming that it is in good playing condition
>(and I would not even consider selling it for the widow if it
>does not work perfectly)?
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>Meanwhile I'll have it examined and then play it (maybe both of
>them though I think the GOUESNOT is in terrible and probably
>unplayable condition).
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>Dan Leeson
>DNLeeson@-----.net
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