Klarinet Archive - Posting 000351.txt from 2004/12

From: "Dee Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Metal Clarinet
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 15:06:14 -0500


----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Jakoboski" <wavemaster516@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 12:31 AM
Subject: [kl] Metal Clarinet

> Hi. For Christmas Eve, I went to my grandfathers
> house, where I found a metal clarinet. It needs some
> serious refurbishing, which I will try to get done as
> soon as possible. But when looking for a company name,
> all I found was an engraved "Carl Fischer" on it, and
> above the serial, it says "made in Italy". So those
> are the only clues I have as to it's status, that and
> the original mouthpiece, or what I am guessing is the
> original, which is Noblet. I have the serial number.
> Any way I can find out when it was made? I don't see
> too many metal clarinets around so I'd like to find
> out more about this one.
> Derek
>

I seriously doubt that the Noblet mouthpiece is original equipment on this.
Noblet is not an Italian firm so the mouthpiece really gives you no real
clue about the instrument.

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