Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-09-12 18:50
I was referring to the Czech Lafleurs which had ebonite bells.
Though the UK-built B&H "77" clarinets also had ebonite bells, but these are to be avoided like the plague as they had the dreaded die-cast mazak keys which were amost as soft as lead, and broke easily (and not easy or impossible to repair - unlike nickel silver which can be silver soldered).
The early wooden Regents also had mazak keys, and again should be avoided. You can tell which ones have mazak keys as there's a raised number on the underside of the LH levers - nickel silver keys also had numbers, but these were sunken into the metal rather than raised.
Don't worry Dave, your's has got nickel silver keys judging by the design - the mazak keys looked more like the keys found on early B&H clarinets.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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