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Author: clarimad
Date: 2016-08-07 12:01
I've seen several B&H clarinets with serial numbers beginning with N. Can anyone tell me what this might signify?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-08-07 12:37
The ones I've with the N prefix were from the '50s (in the 100000s) - no idea what it signifies but it's not stamped as part of the rest of the number, but stamped on by hand afterwards by the looks of it.
Be sure when checking B&H serial numbers you use a reliable list as most that are published are around twenty years out, so they give a false reading and the chances are the clarinet (or oboe) in question is twenty+ years older than they state.
For a far more accurate list than most, consult this one: http://www.clarinetperfection.com/clsnBH.htm
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2016-08-08 03:41
I have seen a few of these too and as Chris says mostly quite early post war models.
I have no explicit answer however on at least two of those I found unusual "extras" e.g. a link between the C#/G# key and the LH 2 ring mechanism which enables a good Ab-Bb trill using LH 2.
So I considered it possibly marks out an instrument with some "experimental" modification or change made during production just to test out if really works and/or justifies being put into mass production.
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2016-08-08 04:50
I believe in some other thread years ago we established that the "N" prefix just meant clarinets intended for the North American market, otherwise the serial numbers were in line with the usual list.
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