Klarinet Archive - Posting 000185.txt from 2012/01

From: Jim Justice <saglio1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinets - Shameless Commerce Division
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:30:40 -0500

Pardon my ignorance - but does OBO mean "offered by owner" or what??

Jim Justice
saglio1@-----.com

On Jan 28, 2012, at 9:10 PM, Kevin Fay wrote:

> I own Too Many Clarinets.
>
> Part of this problem is a recent acquisition. Whilst trolling eBay, I came
> upon a Selmer series 9* (9 Star), up for sale by Kim Boller of Westwoods
> Music. I wanted to by a Series 9 (without the star) or an older LeBlanc
> with a big bore for big band doubling work, but this looked so good I
> couldn't pass it up. 50 years old, and the pix were pure Clarinet Porn.
>
> I bought the thing, with a right to return it if it wasn't up to snuff.
> Less than $1,500 all in.
>
> Holy Zowie!! The horn is like brand-new, only with Valentino pads
> throughout, and perfectly regulated! For what I paid, it's at least as good
> - and I think *better* - than what you would buy from Selmer or Buffet
> today. Note to teachers everywhere: if you have a student who can't drop
> three grand on a new Buffet, buy whatever Mr. Boller has for sale on eBay
> (or elsewhere). Even the logo has fresh gilding. Seriously - you'd think
> it was fresh from the factory. A Deal and a Half for sure. Putting up my
> periscope to find a mate - there aren't many 9* made in the key of A, but I
> think an early Series 10 would pair nicely, and make a great back-up set to
> the Yamaha CSGs that I bought this summer.
>
> . . . but this brings me to my dilemma. I own Too Many Clarinets, and need
> to thin the herd a bit. Although I dearly love all of them, no one really
> needs to have 2 Cs, 5 Bbs, 3 As plus a Pile of Saxophones etc. So I'll be
> selling the following on eBay as soon as I can figure out how to do it.
> Since you folks are my online friends, I thought that it would be only fair
> to give you first crack.
>
> For sale:
>
> Noblet B45 C - about ten years old, not played all that much (not too many
> parts for it). I'd keep it, but Morrie Bakun sold me a LeBlanc C that he
> tweaked up for Ricardo Morales, and no one needs two C clarinets. $1,500
> OBO. Comes in a nice Leblanc (leather?) case.
>
> Yamaha CSV Bb - bought at the Clarinet Convention in New Orleans, tweaked up
> by Hiroshi Nakajima - you can read about it at
> http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/lookup.php/Klarinet/2001/10/000118.txt.
> It's a great horn, but I like my new CSGs just a bit better. Has a nice
> "pochette" style case with a vinyl cover. $1,650 OBO.
>
> Yamaha YCL 72ACS - bought a year before the Bb to play Daphnis & Chloe #2.
> Very nice scale; very much like an R13 Buffet, only better. Silver plated
> keyboard. I've raved before, see
> http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/lookup.php/Klarinet/2006/05/000150.txt.
> Comes in a double case with case cover, $1,500. Makes a *dandy* set with
> the Bb CSV. (These were my orchestral horns for some time).
>
> Marigaux RS Bb - this is a *cool* horn, a clarinet that could only be made
> by oboe makers. I bought it off of eBay, had it completely overhauled by
> Paul Woltz here in Seattle, who put on a full set of Valentinos and
> otherwise tweaked it to perfection. (My earlier post on it at
> http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/lookup.php/Klarinet/2011/04/000049.txt.)
> I've searched, but can't find a mate for it in A, so it won't work for me
> orchestrally. Since it doesn't have the Big Bite I'm looking for to use in
> the big band or the pit, probably best to make SWMBO happy and sell it. Ben
> Hochstrasser put up pictures of his at
> http://www.hochstrasser.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Clarinet/Marigaux - better
> pictures than I could take. Mine is in better condition, though, in a new
> Allora foam case from WWBS. $1,750 OBO.
>
> I'm going to put a bunch of mouthpieces up too. For example, Kim Boller
> sent an absolutely *perfect* NOS Selmer B with the 9* - it's pristine, but
> too close of a tip for me. This will go for $100 OBO.
>
> I'd rather give my listmates a price cut than pay eBay their vig, so please
> contact me off list if you have an interest in any of these artifacts.
>
> Best,
>
> kjf
>
>
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