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Captured a "Unicorn": I Found a Marigaux RS Symphonie in A

Author: bradfordlloyd
Date: 2026-11-09 18:09

I purchased a Marigaux RS Symphonie in Bb about 10 years ago and immediately loved the instrument. It's quite different ergonomically from other clarinets, however, so I hesitated to make it my daily horn until I could find a matching clarinet in A.

Since they only made a few hundred of these fine instruments, and they stopped production of them 20 years ago, I had essentially given up hope that I'd ever find one and was considering selling the Bb. Lo and behold....the long-searched for A came up on eBay and I purchased it immediately. It's on its way to me now.

Has anyone else searched for this kind of "unicorn"? Did you abandon your Buffet R-13 pair once you found it? I'm interested in understanding if I'm the only crazy person that goes on these sorts of "quests."

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Re: Captured a "Unicorn": I Found a Marigaux RS Symphonie in A

Author: Chris P
Date: 2026-11-09 19:52

I saw an RS Symphonie A clarinet listed on eBay around 20 odd years ago, but felt it would've been better appreciated by someone with a Bb one looking for an A to complete the set.

Had they offered them with extra keywork, I'd have probably gone for them as I tried them back in the late '80s when Howarth still had their Brighton shop.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

Independent Woodwind Repairer
Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes

NOT A MEMBER OF N.A.M.I.R.

The opinions I express are my own.

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