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Author: abellows
Date: 2009-11-25 18:04
Hello,
Fiirst let me start by saying that I am new to the Clarinet world. Any by no means think I am an instrument technician.I have played classical guitar many years ago but no longer play. I have a son who is 16 and I was trying to get him interested in something other that the X-BOX!
One day my friend who owns a small music store got in an old clarinet, and asked me if I wanted it. I have always been into woodworking and every other cash consuming hobby I could find, so I thought it would be a great project for my son and I to work on. It is a Harwood hard rubber Albert in the key of C. Mouthpiece is a A. Lelandais. After reading everything I could on clarinets and watching all of the videos on youtube we started it, and it came out great. Repadded it with RooPads and it was great to see my son show interest in something.
Our newest project is a Martin dated between 1847-1878 based on the address that is on the upper joint, and has serial number 202 stamped on both joints under the keys. We have cleaned her up and repadded it, and it actually plays very well although not at A440 more around A335.
By playing , "I can get it to go through the scales." I actually dont play. LOL
We are keeping a scrap book of all of the instruments that we work on together for memories sake, and try to list all the info that we can on them. I am at a dead end on the Martin, all I can find is the date range by the address. Does anyone on the board have any info to point me in the right direction?
Thank you for any help!
Ill post links to the project pics.
Martin;
http://s984.photobucket.com/albums/ae330/abellows_photos/Martin%20Clarinet/?albumview=slideshow
Harwood;
http://s984.photobucket.com/albums/ae330/abellows_photos/?albumview=slideshow&direction=reverse
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Author: Chris J
Date: 2009-11-25 21:31
I wonder if that is by Martin Thibouville?
Google translated web site here:
You will have to copy and paste as its format makes it "Unclickable"
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://ivrygite.free.fr/histoire.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmartin%2Bthibouville%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:
Chris
Post Edited (2009-11-25 21:33)
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Author: stevensfo
Date: 2009-11-25 22:17
-- "I have a son who is 16 and I was trying to get him interested in something other that the X-BOX!" --
Oh boy, I can relate to that!
Our thirteen year old is mad about his X-box. I keep threatening to hide the controllers if he doesn't study, practise piano etc.
In contrast, his sixteen year old brother hates it. He says it's boring and childish!
Kids!!
Steve
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