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Author: Pickerelman614
Date: 2007-09-29 13:05
A few months ago I purchased a pair of Barklee clarinets in the key of A on Ebay. They were made in 1947 especially for the New York public school system. I had one of them restored and the repairperson said that it was a fine clarinet, equivalent to any professonal model manufactured today. It has a nice open sound.
I would love to hear from anyone who has the same model and compare notes. I love this clarinet - and I have a relatively new Buffet R13 that now rests in its shadow.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2007-09-29 13:54
The instruments are undoubtedly "stencils" -- i.e., instruments made by a large manufacturer without a trademark and sold to a supplier for resale with a made-up trademark.
If you can post some photos, it may be possible to identify the manufacturer by details of the keywork.
Ken Shaw
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Author: susieray
Date: 2007-09-30 05:12
Kal Opperman mentioned Barklee clarinets in an interview in The Clarinet a few years ago....I seem to recall he said they were made in New York. He played one for a long time; he really like it but it finally wore out. I wish I could find the magazine article, I know it's here somewhere.......
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Author: susieray
Date: 2007-09-30 05:58
Ok I found the article. It's in the May-June 1995 issue of The Clarinet.
Mr. Opperman said his brother George worked at the factory where the Barklee clarinets were made; on West 8th Street in New York City. He said that his Barklee was one of the best clarinets he ever played.
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Author: Pickerelman614
Date: 2007-09-30 11:32
The little information I've found on the web is that indeed, Barklee clarinets were made in New York and the company was bought by LeBlanc. I gather that they did not make very many clarinets. My pair are serial numbers 930 and 931.
I've seen a number of Barklee Bb clarinets sell on Ebay for pennies, so I imagine that they made several levels of instruments.
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