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Author: John Stackpole
Date: 2005-03-04 20:35
Just to augment my feelings of inferiority...
A "just curious" question:
How many clarinets (all keys) do each of you own? (Brand immaterial)
Me? One (and I am still learning how to play it).
JDS
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2005-03-04 20:52
15.
And approximately 48 recorders, with a couple on order.
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Author: Gandalfe
Date: 2005-03-04 21:02
Well my wife owns both an Eb and Bb soprano clarinet; the Bb is a really nice Leblanc. We just purchased a Leblanc Eb alto clarinet so that we can do duets out of my duets for alto sax book. I can hardly wait. :o)
Jim and Suzy
Pacifica Big Band
Seattle, Washington
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Author: kal
Date: 2005-03-04 21:11
Ken! Glad to see someone else here appreciates recorders. Me, I'm saving up for a greatbass some time in the next decade or so 
Oh, and I have a bass clarinet and two sopranos, all Bb, no Buffets.
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Author: Robert Moody
Date: 2005-03-04 21:23
I own a Bb and an A clarinet. And I too am still learning to play them. ![[frown]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie2.gif)
Robert Moody
http://www.musix4me.com
Free Clarinet Lessons and Digital Library!
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Author: Liquorice
Date: 2005-03-04 21:25
I own 9:
2 B-flat
2 A
1 B-flat basset clarinet
1 A basset clarinet
Classical clarinets in C, B-flat and A
I also play on a modern C clarinet and basset horn, as well as a Baroque C clarinet that belong to my orchestra.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-03-04 21:33
For regular personal use: 3 -R13s, one LeBlanc Infinite', an E11, and a Pete Fountain plastic. For personal enjoyment but not regular play: a Martin Busine, 3 LeBlanc Noblets, a Gutowski, a Kohlerts, an ancient Auguste Buffet made for Holton "A" HP, a Meyer, 3 metal horns, a Chicago Albert, Ernst Riedel, an old Pedlar, a Lafayette...and one Hohner recorder.....and more Vitos than I need. I just love clarinets!
Bob Draznik
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2005-03-04 21:44
kal -
Are you anywhere near New York? If so, I have 2 greatbasses and a contrabass.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-03-04 21:55
When my kids/grandkids ask, I usually say, Y'know, they're just like rabbits, I'll have to count them today. From memory, not count, 2 Eb Sops, only 1 A!, at least a dozen Bbs [of various keyings], 2 altos, 3 basses, 2 alto saxes, at least another dozen "OLD" horns incl. 1 1820 flute, 1 1850 English horn, 2 oboes, a sop and a tenor sax, about 6 Alberts. Badly needed are, Bassets [cl, horn, bass], bari/bass sax, double reeds ETC. On my [our] demise, the oldies will prob go to museums, the "modern-playables" our family will have to disperse, several have significant values !! Oh yes a couple recorders somewhere. Had. 'nuff ?? Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Dano
Date: 2005-03-04 22:57
I have 8 clarinets. One is bass clarinet. The rest are Bb sopranos. I just like clarinets and the subltle and not so subtle differences they all have. My main clarinet happens to be a new Vintage Buffet but I will sometimes go off with a Leblanc LL or a Selmer CT as my main horn. What I don't have is one of those plastic Vitos that alot of people are so happy with.
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Author: Contra
Date: 2005-03-04 23:03
Just three. Officially, only two. My very first Vito, my second Vito, and a contrabass that the school is crazy if they think they're getting back.
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Author: John O'Janpa
Date: 2005-03-04 23:09
I'm an ebay junkie so most of mine are in very poor condition (that's the way I knew they were when I bought them) but I have:
7 Bflat
2 eefer
1 alto
2 bass
and as a bonus
1 oboe
1 alto saxophone
1 alto recorder
1 G harmonica
1 baby grand piano
and 3 acoustic guitars
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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-03-04 23:09
Eb - 4 (Selmer 9, Couesnon, Bundy, Kohlert Albert system )
Bb - 16 (8 are R-13's, 1 pre R-13, Evette Schaeffer, C-12, Forté, Vito V40, 3 metal)
A - 6 (4 are R-13's, Amati, Couesnon)
C - 1 (R-13)
- and about 10 more in various states of repair/restoration ...GBK
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Author: Julie
Date: 2005-03-05 01:54
wow- I only have ONE buffet r-13 Bb clarinet, and I had quite a bit of trouble saving for it! My next goal is to get an A, when I actually have money! Then a bass that goes down to a low C (why not)...and I dream of owning a basset clarinet....oh, and a C...though I can just do the transpostions...
but yea, ONE. :( still learning. who isnt?!
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Author: David Stringer
Date: 2005-03-05 02:09
1- Vito bass bought broken in two from eBay for $80, fixed up
1- Alto, $80 eBay. Plays. Bell falls off a lot.
1- real deal on a sweet wooden French clarinet that I got on eBay in the early days and 'cause I thought eBay must be full of good, cheap, playable clarinets I gave it to my cousin and now I'm sorry.
2- Bb lamps
1- Pawnshop "French" clarinet (my first).
1- potential cso that my kid gave up on last year, but he's a great sax player now.
1 eBay Vito @ $50. Plays good-ish
... and the only one I play, Bb Yamaha 250
David
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Author: music_is_life
Date: 2005-03-05 02:12
David Stringer wrote:
> 1- Alto, $80 eBay. Plays. Bell falls off a lot.
ever consider bringing it to a tech to put more cork on the lower section so the bell doesn't fall off? that could be bad for your clarinet's health ![[right]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie8.gif)
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Author: lycfmtkl
Date: 2005-03-05 03:02
I have
4 Bb ( 1 Jupiter, 1 leblanc sonata, 1 leblanc concerto, 1 buffet r-13) and
1 A (buffet E11)
no Eb or bass
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2005-03-05 03:53
Our house is home to the following:
6 Bb soprano clarinets
(an R-13, a 1926 Buffet, a LeBlanc Opus, a Yamaha 6- something, a King
Lemaire lovingly restored by Vytas Krass, and a Martin-Freres)
One Bundy Eb soprano from Ebay -- ugly, but a player.
One Woodwind (brand) bass
6 recorders (including a bass recorder)
3 oboes (Covey, Yamaha, and Linton)
A hammered dulcimer, an Appalachian dulcimer, an autoharp, a spinet piano, an electronic keyboard, a couple of harmonicas, a rain stick and other handheld percussion, and last but *not* least -- the vintage accordion that my husband brought with him from Germany when he emigrated at the age of 12.
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Author: hartt
Date: 2005-03-05 04:09
I pale compared to GBK 
hmmmmmmmm
7 R13 Bb
2 R13 A
3 eefers (buffet, selmer, yamaha)
1 C (Leblanc)
yamaha Bb
yamaha A
ESMM
3 alto sax (yamaha 875 custom, selmer 80, martin music man)
1 sop sax (yamaha 875)
1 flute (yamaha 481H)
sorry Ken....no recorders.....and none on delivery ![[grin]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie5.gif)
regards
dennis
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Author: pewd
Date: 2005-03-05 04:33
working:
3 Bb
1 A
1 Alto
1 Bass
1 ContraAlto
1 old metal one
1 flute
several recorders
one each soprano, alto, and tenor sax
awating repair: about 8-10 clarinets in various stages of disassembly
on the wish list: C and Eb clarinets
i think thats it, no telling whats in some of the back closets
-paul
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Author: jo.clarinet
Date: 2005-03-05 05:37
I've got 15 clarinets at the moment:
1 Eb
11 Bbs
2 As
1 Eb alto
The three current joint favourites are my Leblanc LL (Bb), Leblanc Concerto (Bb) and Selmer 10G (A). But I like and play all the others too.
Recorders:
3 sopraninos
6 descants
6 trebles
2 tenors
2 basses
1 great bass
1 contrabass
.......I think - there may well be others lurking around!
Not long till the Easter Early Music Course - yippee - a whole week of recorder playing, and as a bonus I get to play the clarinet with string players, bassoonists etc in our spare time. I can't wait!
Joanna Brown
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Author: David Peacham
Date: 2005-03-05 06:41
Joanna - have you abandoned your Eaton?
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If there are so many people on this board unwilling or unable to have a civil and balanced discussion about important issues, then I shan't bother to post here any more.
To the great relief of many of you, no doubt.
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Author: jo.clarinet
Date: 2005-03-05 07:12
Hi David - no, I haven't, and I still think it has the best overall tone of all my clarinets, but it's much harder work to play, especially compared to the Leblancs, which almost play themselves!!
Joanna Brown
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Author: jArius
Date: 2005-03-05 07:24
only 2
My Bundy beater horn, and my brand spanking new Yamaha Custom. But I haven't even started college yet, so what do you expect?
(Ok, technically 3, I have one I got at a garage sale for $75 that isn't even worth repairing. It's around the house somewhere, I just don't know where, not that I care.)
All Bb.
Robert Moody wrote:
>And I too am still learning to play them.
I think that applies to everybody ^^. After all, there's no such thing as a perfect player. Some people have come pretty darn close though...
Jeremy Bruins
Proud member of the too-much-time-on-my-hands club.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2005-03-05 07:59
3 Bb (R13, R13 Prestige, Eaton)
1 Eb (vito)
1 bass (Buffet)
Kazoo (toy store)
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Author: bob49t
Date: 2005-03-05 08:08
Just a beginner compared to those above ,
Yanagisawa curly Sop and Keilwerth alto sax,
Amati eefer,
Pair Eaton Elites Bb and A,
stand by Evette and Schaeffer Bb,
Ridenour C clar,
Buffet Prestige bass
Fox IV polyprop bassoon (property of spouse)
and for the desert island choice - I'd take the bass clarinet !
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Author: Buster Brown
Date: 2005-03-05 11:53
3 (Bb) plus 2 saxophones (alto, bari), a guitar, a banjo and an acoustic base. Don't play any of them very well, but they sure do fill up a car.
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Author: Synonymous Botch
Date: 2005-03-05 12:02
Messr Stackpole -
There is an inverse relationship between the number of clarinets owned and the number of paramours in your little black book.
Your ahead of the curve, from what I can see.
(I have more dingy, odd smelling, stiff and unplayable woodwinds than stiff, dingy and odd-smelling girlfriends...)
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Author: claclaws
Date: 2005-03-05 13:07
Just like with 'your clarinet setup'-type of thread, I'm really amused and amazed.
As for me,
2 Bb -- RC ; B12
1 A -- Festival , used
1 sop sax - made in China. Stopped playing..
Recently, I was terribly tempted to buy a used bass clarinet, but that's probably some time later due to present budget constraint..:(
Lucy Lee Jang
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Author: Steve Epstein
Date: 2005-03-05 16:58
Evette & Shaeffer Bb from about 1965.
Patricola CL-7 grenadilla C-clarinet, bought five years ago, and what I play the most.
Conn Castle C-melody tenor sax, made about 1923, bought six years ago, and repaired many times, until I finally had it properly restored a few months ago, and I'm playing it much more.
Woodwind and Brasswind store brand Bb sop sax, bought five years ago. The better I get on my other instruments, the more I realize how awful I sound on this one and why the sop sax really is a hard instrument to play well.
Buescher student model (i.e., the modern horn that just uses the name, not the real vintage horn) Eb alto sax, which I should be playing more, because altos really are easier to play in tune than other saxes, and this one is no exception.
I may still have this Cundy-Bettoney hard rubber Bb with pot-metal keys I bought from an unscrupulous dealer five years ago at a folk festival, who assured me it was a vintage valuable wooden horn. He threw in a second, vintage valuable Cundy-Bettoney and both their old stinky cases, for a total of 90 bucks. I guess I really can't complain. I think I gave at least one of the horns away. The dealer has not been seen at this festival since.
Steve Epstein
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Author: Alphie
Date: 2005-03-05 17:46
I own and play:
3 B-flats
3 A
1 E-flat
1 Bass
1 Baroque in D
2 classical in B-flat
1 classical in C
1 classical in A
1 classical Basset horn
1 late Romantic in B-flat
1 late Romantic in A
2 Oehler in B-flat
1 Oehler in A
All together I own and play 19 clarinets.
Additionally I play, owned by my orchestra:
1 E-flat
1 C
1 D
1 Basset horn
1 Bass/C
1 BBb Contra/C
= 25 all together.
Alphie
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Author: poopsie
Date: 2005-03-05 17:59
I've got 3 Bb clarinets and I am working on getting an Eb and an Ab soon.
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Author: Biased R13 Guy
Date: 2005-03-05 18:02
4 Bb clarinets (R13, Leblanc Concerto, Vito and ebay crap)
1 A cclarinet (R13)
2 Alto saxophones (york, yanagisawa)
2 tenor saxophones ( soul (custom made), yanagisawa)
flute (selmer)
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2005-03-05 22:50
3 total.
- 1 Bb R-13
- 1 Bb Signet 100
- 1 A Leblanc LL
I'm still dreaming of a nice Buffet A.
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Author: Kalakos
Date: 2005-03-06 00:56
Hi:
They're all "Albert" system Buffets:
3 C
3Bb
2Bb HP
2A
1Eb
I mainly play the oldest C for our band jobs (95%); then the best A; then the best Bb (All circa 1900).
Kalakos
Kalakos Music
http://www.TAdelphia.com
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Author: Carol Dutcher
Date: 2005-03-06 01:08
It's noisy around here. I have two B flat clarinets, one C clarinet, one Spencer Alto Sax, one upright piano that I bought for $139, a stands by itself electronic piano (a Bachman, full keyboard), another electronic keyboard that folds up, and my husby has a set of Vintage Ludwig drums.
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Author: Bigno16
Date: 2005-03-06 01:23
I own 4 clarinets total. But I regularly play only one of them.
Bb Selmer Student Model (Plastic)
Bb Yamaha Intermediate Model (Wood)
Bb Buffet E-11
Bb Buffet R-13
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Author: alto_and_bass_clarinetist
Date: 2005-03-06 02:34
I only have 4:
2 Bb Sopranos - Yamaha 20, Artley 72S
1 Eb Alto - Buescher Aristocrat
1 Bb Bass - Selmer 1430P
But, I also have:
1 Oboe - Selmer Signet
1 Bassoon - Kohler
1 Piccolo - Gemeinhardt 4P
2 Flutes - Armstrong 104S, Gemeinhardt 2NP
1 Upright Piano - Steinway
1 Violin - Primo Performer
2 Violas - Roth, and some handmade Romanian one...
As you can tell, I am an active member of the symphonic orchestra.
P.S.: I am also renting a Vito clarinet that is... different. See "Plateau System.. Ahh!!!" - a different topic.
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Author: emzilee
Date: 2005-03-06 10:51
I own:
2 Bb (Yamaha 26II and Buffet E13... older than I am!).
I also 'possess' another clarinet... I think it's a Boosey and Hawkes. Lovely wooden one which I borrowed for my Grade 6 exam in June (for a week) and haven't given back yet!
Also 'possess' a Jupiter tenor sax which belongs to school (I've had it since new and its surprisingly good!) and a Sonora bassoon (council's, same as clarinet).
Also own a Yamaha Flute.
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Author: David Peacham
Date: 2005-03-07 15:29
jo.clarinet wrote:
especially compared to the Leblancs, which almost play themselves!!
That explains a lot. Those wrong notes I get, they aren't my fault at all. They're just my Leblanc almost playing itself.
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To the great relief of many of you, no doubt.
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Author: Karl Kolbeck
Date: 2005-03-07 19:02
I have some antiques in my collection...
1 Bb Peddler
1 Bb 1950's Buffet
1 A Selmer Series 9
1 Conn "Naked Lady" Silver Tenor Sax
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