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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2007-04-15 04:30
Reason I ask is because I have an extremely low serial number (one of the first few clarinets of this professional model every sold). However it's not a discontinued model. It's still being made. So I was wondering if there is any added retail value.
I'm probably going to end up sending it to the brannens or mr. ridenour or another technician to tune it as well as possible, but I was just curious if clarinets specifically have added value for being an early production model.
(I guess this thread might be considered an offshoot of the undervalued clarinet thread or so . . )
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2007-04-15 06:54
AFAIK, no. Could be different in your country. If you find someone who will pay more for historic reasons, etc. (collectors?) then maybe?
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2007-04-15 08:36
lol. Single digit R13, no. I wish.
It's pretty much the third opus A clarinet sold. Larry Combs and Mr. Ridenour have the first two, and someone else bought the third, which I bought it from.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: glin
Date: 2007-04-15 11:28
Sfalexi,
I thought the Concerto and Opus were discontinued and replaced with the Concerto II/Opus II line.
IMHO, I don't think there is any value for the early serial number in the resale market.
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Author: John O'Janpa
Date: 2007-04-15 11:43
Possibly yes, if it becomes a collectors item in the distant future.
They had a Fender Stratocaster guitar on the Antiques Road Show that had the serial number 47, and the appraiser loved it.
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2007-04-15 12:53
This is the original opus.
I guess it'd reach some sort of monetary worth only if either (A) it was one of the last surviving of it's kind in the future or (b) it was played by a landmark person (i.e. if it had somehow been "Artie Shaw's last clarinet . . . " or something like that)
I was just wondering. Thanks.
US Army Japan Band
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Author: larryb
Date: 2007-04-15 13:22
It may have value to someone who is seeking to have a set of clarinets that match as closely as possible, eg: someone who has an Bb clarinet with a comparably low serial number.
Other than that mythological purpose, I would think that early makes of a line might be a draw back. For example, I know that my early edition Selmer Recital A has some design flaws that were worked out in later models.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could create a bubble for our old horns, similar to the Selmer Mark VI fetish? Think of the gold mines we'd be sitting on. Someone needs to put up a website like Saxgourmet that everyone selling or buying a clarinet uses as an artificial value point of reference.
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2007-04-16 02:38
IMO, there would be no added value, because it is really a normal clarinet. IF you had a prototype then you might have something special for a collector- ie. 'This was the first experement with such and such design that later became standard.'
Too bad that clarinet collectors can't make money and be thought of like violin collectors.
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Author: Bill
Date: 2007-04-17 22:25
I have an M series Selmer Paris (1946) that I believe is a prototype for the later N series speaker key/vent. From the way the clarinet plays, you get the feeling they were still working out the design. Saliva drainage is a major problem. The bore, as was noted by a professional, is too narrow.
I love it!
Bill.
Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)
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