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Re: Linton Contrabass clarinet?

Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2007-04-06 17:55

I have had these in my possession, having overhauled more than a dozen alto and bass clarinets under the Malerne and 'stencil' brands, I can tell you the instruments are IDENTICAL -- not just similar. Please contact me offline if you'd like to know all the design features I'm talking about. I have no "documentation" -- but as a degreed mechanical engineer I can tell you that either the 'stencil' instruments I mentioned are total carbon copies of the Malernes, or they were in fact made by Malerne. Since at the time of their manufacturer the Chinese had not yet developed their current "instrument-cloning" industry, I would venture that the instruments I've worked on were in fact Malerne-made and not someone's identical copy. There are many Malerne features that (to me) are instantly recognizable.

If it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, and walks like a duck, then it must be......

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