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Author: bill kasper
Date: 2000-09-02 17:51
ok, it's a weird one, i know. for sale by an individual is one loree clarinet, made by F. Loree, serial no. 871, made in france.
barrel, upper joint, lower joint, and bell are all stamped with F. Loree/*/a Paris, and the serial number and made in france are by the tenon between the upper and lower joint, stamped on each joint.
anyone know if loree ever made or stencilled clarinets?
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-09-02 18:09
Not listed by Rendall as a maker. Mark C, Help! I wouldn't be surprised if L [or a successor] had tried their hand at cl making, who knows, it might be a good one, considering their well-deserved reputation as best oboe-maker! Don
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2000-09-02 19:50
Loree is of course well-known and respected for their oboes. The NLI doesn't list clarinets by them, but their output was most probably very small.
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Author: Doug P.
Date: 2000-09-03 23:13
Loree bought the A. Robert company in Paris which was a well known maker of clarinets in the first part of the 20th century and continued to market clarinets made in the Robert style but with the Loree logo. As I remember, this purchase was in the early 50's; they did not continue to market clarinets very long. From this, I would assume your clarinet is from the 50's.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2000-09-03 23:40
H. Leroy ended up running the A. Robert production in 1924, and ran it until 1947. I don't have anything listed in the Langwill for Loree buying the name.
You may want to write Loree for more info!
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Author: Bill Fogle
Date: 2000-09-05 14:21
Ten years ago I saw a Loree clarinet on consignment but didn't purchase it. It had the Loree name and a single star. I regret not taking it home.
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Author: alkonoa
Date: 2006-11-13 14:08
I have a Loree B flat Clarinet that I bought from a music teacher who was from Italy when I was in high school. I wrote the Loree factory years ago and they told me Loree had manufactured 200 sets of B flat and A clarinets.
Post Edited (2006-11-13 16:21)
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Author: mungbean
Date: 2011-02-05 19:31
I also have a loree clarinet. If they only made 200 of them, maybe I should sell it? anybody know if it would be valuable?
dsch12@hotmail.com
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2011-02-06 13:24
Loree also bought Cabart which made lower-line oboes for them (analogous to the Buffet-Evette & Schaeffer arrangement, I'd guess) and quite a few Cabart-branded clarinets were made. I've had a couple of them run through here, they were nothing special.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-02-06 14:00
The old Cabart company is a separate entity to Loree - however, the Cabart 74 has always been made by Loree when they launched an intermediate model oboe after buying the name Cabart and keeping the name Loree for their pro and prestige level oboes. These oboes paved the way for other European (ie. French, British and Italian) pro level oboe makers to producing intermediate level instruments to fill a previously empty gap in the market. Chances are the Cabart 74s (made by Loree) will be much better than true Cabart instruments.
The keywork on Yamaha 400 oboes are heavily influenced by Loree's Cabart 74 oboes which rationalised the keywork by having far less solder joints, instead incorporating bent key pieces rather than sharp right angle bends that have to be mitred and hard soldered, therefore bringing the cost of an almost full Gillet conservatore oboe down to a more affordable price and offering an entry level instrument from a company previously only making pro instruments.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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