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Which clarinet to send for overhaul?

Author: Bill
Date: 2025-06-09 00:45

Contestants for professional overhaul, all Bb (budget limits me to one, at present):

1. Selmer Paris "55" (M68xx) fair condition
2. Selmer Paris full Boehm (K15xx) poor condition
3. Buffet 251Jx good condition
4. Buffet 216xx
5. Buffet 217xx excellent condition
6. Buffet 225xx poor condition
7. Leblanc "176" 774x good condition
8. Marigaux "a Paris" 142x fair condition
9. Couesnon & Cie 94 Rue d’ Angouleme, no serial # (old), excellent condition
10. A. Robert 275x poor condition
11. B&H "Imperial" 926, former military instrument (superimposed serial #), fair condition
12. Rampone Brevettato Albert system, fair condition
13. E.J. Albert (Boehm system) good condition
14. Any of several Penzel Mueller "Artist" clarinets of various ages and condition
15. A. Lecomte & Cie “Excelsior” K193x good condition
16. Thibouville Freres “Supreme” 091x good condition
17. Alexandre Paris 135x
18. Auguste Buffet Brevete S.G.D.G. 12x good condition

Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)

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Re: Which clarinet to send for overhaul?

Author: Ed
Date: 2025-06-09 01:47

I would start with #1 or an earlier Buffet. (#3-6)

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