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Author: Viking
Date: 2005-05-25 12:46
Hi all
I have a Jules Revan, France, Bb clarinet which I first got in 1965, when I started playing as a kid of 9 years old. I played it (a lot) for 11 years.
After a long lay-off (30 years) I have unearthed the instrument and would like to know a little more about it.
Trouble is, I can find no information whatsoever on the Internet about Jules Revan clarinets.
The instrument was second hand when I got it, but it came from a sax-playing uncle and I have no recollection of its history before it came to me.
Can anyone help?
Many thanks
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-05-25 13:55
Hi V - Thats a new [clarinet-associated] name to me. I checked in what cl-inst books I have and found nothing. Others will have more resources than I. Our [at least my] conclusions then are that it is a "good-sounding French name", put on the cl, we call it a "stencil" inst, for, likely, import into the US, a common practice for inst-selling in the mid 1900's. Others, Help, please. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-05-25 14:41
TKS, Wm, its a fine addition to my Favorite Places. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Viking
Date: 2005-05-25 15:45
Hi
Thanks Don, and William.
I'm actually in Scotland, and I'm not sure this instrument was ever in the States. Don't know of course.
It simply has the markings
Jules Revan
France
on the bell and on the upper front of the top part of the body. they are very faded now.
No serial nos. anywhere.
I had actually seen that webpage at saxpics, but they mentioned saxes and not any connnection between Jules Revan and clarinets.
Just be nice to have some history on it.
All the best.
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Author: Viking
Date: 2005-05-25 15:56
HOLD THE BUS!!
I have FOUND a serial number
Just half hidden under the keys at the middle joint is the number 406
Does that help at all??
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2005-05-25 16:02
Viking wrote:
> I have FOUND a serial number
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> Just half hidden under the keys at the middle joint is the
> number 406
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> Does that help at all??
I will check the name later today in my New Langwill, but in almost all cases the instrument serial number of a (more or less) unknown instrument is of no value. Serial number lists generally only exist for major brands, and even then can be spotty.
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Author: Viking
Date: 2005-05-26 07:53
Thanks, Mark, for looking.
Seems I have an oddity then?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2005-05-26 11:02
Viking wrote:
> Seems I have an oddity then?
Depends on how you look at it.
There were hundreds if not thousands of different "brands" out there; many of those "brands" were actually rebranded by one of the larger manufacturers for resale as a "house brand" by a music store. The generic name for those types of clarinet are "stencils"
There were good and bad stencils just like anything else. Their value tends to be low since most of the time the actual manufacturer can't be determined.
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Author: Viking
Date: 2005-05-26 11:14
Hi Mark
Sure, I understand, and I appreciate your time in replying.
Important thing is it was my first instrument, and it has nostalgic value and interest to me - not too bothered about its market value.
I played jazz, classical and everything in between and it never let me down. One day I may treat it to a good overhaul, new springs/pads etc..
It introduced me to playing music and to wind instruments in particular, and I have just bought a vintage Conn Tenor Sax as a natural extension of that, all these years later.
On that note, anyone know who is the best at refurbishing vintage Clarinets in the UK?
Many thanks again
Graeme Storey
Post Edited (2005-05-26 11:15)
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