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Author: Paperwork
Date: 2003-07-10 03:06
I have a book published in London in 1797 by Thomas Preston, called "New and Complete Instructions for the Clarionet" with fingering chart. Can anyone tell me anything about this book, what it might be worth if I wished to sell it, or anything else of interest. I assume by the date that it is at least somewhat rare . . . ?
Thanks everyone
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James DenBoer
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2003-07-10 03:25
It belongs in a museum or library where it is accessible is for study or information purposes. It would be impossibe to assign a value to anything like this. It is of interest to relatively few people, ie. woodwind players. Like anything else the commercial value is what you can get for it but it seems a shame to view these kinds of items as commercial. The fingering chart is probably applicable to the Albert system or similar for the pedants out there. The great majority of US players play Boehm system. It would provide an interesting insight into the repertire/ performance practice of the era. It was from 1750, classical period, onward that the clarinet began to find its feet as a serious orchestral instrument so there is some intellectual and musicological value.
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Author: ron b
Date: 2003-07-10 03:27
I can tell you that I don't have a clue from your post, about the book's condition, James. That information would be helpful to collectors.
Just being old and/or obscure doesn't mean much to book dealers or collectors. Whatever you want for it is probably what you'll get... maybe 
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2003-07-10 05:00
Mark: Sure, call me pedantic (which I am), but the Albert Clarinet only came along 65 years or so after that book. Müller's innovations, which led to the later Albert, German, and Oehler Clarinets, didn't exist until at least 1808, and rings came about later.
Preston's fingering chart likely would be for Clarinets having no more than six keys.
Agreed, if it's in at all decent shape, this should be in a fine library specializing in music history.
Regards,
John
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-07-10 14:01
I hope Al Rice, Fiske Museum, Claremont CA, reads this thread, also "our" "clarinetqueen" and others at N M M . Will make mention in the "early clarinet" thread. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2003-07-10 14:49
David Lasocki, the head music librarian at Indiana U., is the world authority on early woodwind publications. You might check with him.
A Google search on clarionet and preston pulled up several items published by Preston, but not this method.
If the book is reasonably well known, you will probably find a reference in Rendall or Kroll.
Unless the book is otherwise unknown and belongs someplace like the Smithsonian or the Shrine to Music, you might consider giving it to the ICA, http://www.clarinet.org, where it would be available for research to people specifically interested in the clarinet.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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