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Author: flavioslash
Date: 2016-01-17 20:21
Hi Guys, I'm from Chile and I'm new in this forum (Sorry for my english). Four months ago I bought the clarinet in the pictures below in $270.000 Chilean Pesos (about $370 dollars):
• https://www.mediafire.com/folder/3v6d0i7jb8l8w/Full_Boehm_Clarinet
Rare characteristics: •Front register Key.
• One piece body
• Full Boehm (low Eb, left hand Ab/Eb, ringed left hand third
hole, front C#/G# hole, alternate key for C#/G# trill.
• Marigaux, more known for Oboes manufacturing.
I didn't know anything about clarinets when I bought it and I thought "it looks vintage and it very good condition for it age, it is very rare because I couldn't find information about it on internet".
I played the saxophone before buying this first clarinet. When I came to practice the first thing I noticed where the out of tune low notes F#, F, E and Eb. The clarinet was supposed to be a Marigaux, for it's bell.
Well, I talked to a clarinet luthier about it and he noticed that the marigaux bell was not for that clarinet, as you can see in the pictures it is smaller than the typical Bb clarinet bell and has a smaller diameter. He also told me that the Marigaux bell looked like a C or a D clarinet bell (that would be even more rare I thought).
A clarinet teacher out there told me that he wouldn't pay more than $50.000 Chilean Pesos (about $70 dollars) for my clarinet. That was very sad for me.
So, now I'm decided to sell it but I want to know more about this clarinet history to give the right price. The bad new is that it doesn't have any serial number.
I hope you can help me. Cheers.
"O se hace bien o no se hace"
Post Edited (2016-01-20 08:54)
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Author: Neil
Date: 2016-01-20 04:28
I can't tell you anything about the instrument's origin, but I encourage you to hang onto it. Don't sell it just because someone else doesn't like it. You should be able to find a correct sized bell for it; that should bring the low notes into tune. If it plays well, there's no reason to get rid of it. Whether valuable or not, it's a cool instrument, something definitely out of the ordinary.
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Author: Steven Ocone
Date: 2016-01-20 05:19
I'm not convinced that it is the wrong bell. If I'm correct in understanding that the bore of the bell is smaller than the section it connects to, I would say it is not original. But I wouldn't assume it is the wrong bell from the length.
Steve Ocone
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Author: flavioslash
Date: 2016-01-20 08:52
Yes is a cool and rare instrument but it doesn't play very well and it has a new air leak very often. My luthier told that the mechanism won't last more than 1 or 2 years. If it worked well I would retain it.
How much would you pay for it?
Thanks.
"O se hace bien o no se hace"
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