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Author: 1958SelmerMarkVI
Date: 2010-03-16 22:40
I used to know this but I forgot and now I can't find the webpage where I read what it meant. Instrument is a c1917 Buffet wood clarinet. Thanks for your input!
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2010-03-17 16:04
You don't seem to be getting many prompt responses from someone who may know the answer. Soooo, as a fellow Selmer user, might I suggest "not bad".
;^)
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2010-03-17 16:20
Might it be Non Brevete (sorta like patent pending)?? a guess
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-
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Author: HBO
Date: 2010-03-17 17:13
"No Bueno"
...ok sorry, that was lame...
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2010-03-17 18:23
Narrow bore?
Jeff
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Author: HudsonAD
Date: 2010-03-17 22:43
Ninja Battle?
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2010-03-17 22:56
To me it means 'NOTE WELL", in short pay attention. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: 1958SelmerMarkVI
Date: 2010-03-17 23:50
Thanks for all the suggestions, both serious and humerous. Nothing is ringing a bell as something that I've heard before. I forgot to mention, it might be related to an importer. The NB stamp doesn't match the logo and made in france stamp so i am guessing it could have been applied afterwards. It reminds me of how some say Carl fischer in a different style.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2010-03-18 00:40
[Teenage] Ninja Burtle
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2010-03-18 01:06
A picture might help. Post an image if you can.
We might recognize the style of lettering.
In the meantime, I still think "non brevete," the French expression is correct.
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-
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Author: NBeaty
Date: 2010-03-18 02:03
"Never buy"
J\K. I only buy buffets...(so far)
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Author: trice035
Date: 2010-03-18 05:41
My guess is the initials of someone who modified/customized it or store that sold it.
One appeared on that auction site a few weeks ago. The NB was in very large letters below the logo. I forget the serial # range. Quite old w/ wrap-around register key. Steve Sklar might remember the vintage.
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Author: stevesklar
Date: 2010-03-18 10:37
I'm clueless.
I was thinking it was an importer but maybe not US .. maybe Canadian ?
I'm not up on who started importing the early Buffets that aren't US, or if there even was a canadian importer back then ??
I've found references of the "NB" on http://orgs.usd.ed but no information on what it represents.
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Stephen Sklar
My YouTube Channel of Clarinet Information
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2010-03-18 19:49
After all, folks, you could consult a dictionary, I have found Nota Breve, in Latin , as "note briefly/well". 'Nuff said ?? Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2010-03-18 20:14
Sorry, my enthusiasm is too much, I meant Nota Bene. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2010-03-19 14:22
But what would the Latin "nota bene" have to do with identifying the clarinet? I'm used to encountering that abbreviation in parentheses or in footnotes in reference works, where "N.B." is always followed by additional information or a caveat to the main text. By itself, the phrase is useless. In the context of a marking on a clarinet, "NB" has got to mean something else.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: William
Date: 2010-03-19 16:24
There was an abreviation that was used to signify a clarinet whose entire joint--lower or upper--had been replaced by the company. Not sure if it was NB.........
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Author: Mel Lazin
Date: 2010-03-19 23:57
Napoleon Bonaparte
It is French is it not.
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2010-03-20 00:06
"There was an abreviation that was used to signify a clarinet whose entire joint--lower or upper--had been replaced by the company."
Nouveau ... bottom?
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: Sarah Elbaz
Date: 2010-03-20 07:21
Post Edited (2010-03-20 07:25)
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Author: jacoblikesmusic
Date: 2010-03-21 03:53
I write NB when my band director tells me not to breath there so...
No Breath
On a totally unrelated subject:
NMM 5292. Clarinet in B-flat by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris, ca. 1917. Four sections. Stamped on barrel, top joint, and bottom joint: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / MADE IN FRANCE / N.B. Stamped on bell: [music lyre] / BUFFET / Crampon & Cie. / A PARIS (BUFFET / Crampon & Cie / A Paris within an oval cartouche) / BC (monogram) / CARL FISCHER / NEW-YORK / MADE IN FRANCE / N.B. Serial number 165L1. Buffet-Crampon Model No. 2*. Grenadilla body; German-silver keys, rings, ferrules. Improved Boehm system. 17 keys, 1 doughnut key, 6 rings, rod/pillar mounts. Key modifications: wrap-around register key, doughnut key on second tonehole, third tonehole ring for forked e-flat/b-flat. Total length (from top of barrel to bottom of bell): 611.0 mm. Mouthpiece: hard black rubber, unmarked. Gift of Walter C. Corsi, San Bernardino, California, 1992.
So I guess they all have an NB on them.
Nuclear Blaster
Nut Bore
Nimble Bore
Nickel Bore
Uhh... Nickel Baffle
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