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Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2008-03-16 07:18
May I ask for someone's help in finding the page number in the Shackleton catalog for a particular clarinet. I bought the catalog, then gave it to my old teacher as a gift, and one of his students has been very "reluctant" to get it back to him.
The instrument is a Buffet clarinet built around 1922 (the example may not be that exact date). It is a full-Boehm blackwood instrument with the articulated G# mechanism and a curious sliver key between the RH first and second rings. (Bb or A in the catalog. I'm not sure of that either.)
The most distinguishing things about this instrument are that it is has a one-piece body and the LH2 ring is VERY wide. Looks like a donut. (I've never seen this on any other clarinet.)
I remember that the page is toward the back of the book.
Thanks for your help.
B.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2008-03-16 13:42
Cant help with the Shackleton Catalog, a number of we BBoarders invested in these, I believe, and may respond. Having a Pruefer single-body 19/7 [nearly a Full Boehm, no low Eb] , it also has the extra "banana" key you describe which is an alternate fingering for the artic. C#/G#, better for trills IMHO. The donut key was an early attempt , mainly by Buffet I believe, to "enable" a "fork" fingering for the Eb/Bb. Others found that a small tonehole with pad, just below the D/A tone hole, operated by the 7th ring, was a far better solution, so it was adopted by all, becomming standard for the "added-key" clarinets. Whether it was a French or American development, I'm not sure [others please help] but the early Penzel-mueller, Pruefer, perhaps the Bettoney, cls had this good improvement. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2008-03-16 14:00
Giving the mechanisms a bit more thot, I should have said Operated in Conjunction with the 7th ring to be an additional vent when the "fork " finger is lifted. Sorry about error. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Wes
Date: 2008-03-17 08:09
Yes, I played on a similar pair of one piece Buffets for many years and they are still great instruments. Thankfully, they did not have the donut or the 7th ring, simplifying maintenance. The Bb was from 1912 and the A was from 1921, both purchased in 1951 from the widow of a Mr. Tarantola, a player in the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra for a total of $125. They both have low Eb, LH Ab/Eb and RH C#/G# keys. Right now, I use recent R13s, however.
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Author: Malcolm Martland
Date: 2008-03-25 15:54
What a wonderful catalog - I was recently given a copy as a retirement present. Happy days playing with Nick some 40 years ago.
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