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RE: Clarinet by E. Lerue?

Author: ron b.
Date: 2000-09-07 17:44

Just curious, Lelia -

What does the makers mark, stamp, imprint, whatever, look like? - plain lettering, a logo (devise), and whether it appears in more than one place?

A number would logically, whatever that means in this business, indicate not a one-of-a-kind instrument. 388xx could mean anything... or nothing. I'm sure you've thought all this through and through, over and again and then some but, is there anything about the case or in it that would give you any clue at all? Does the m'pc, the reed - tell you anything? Does the seller of the horn have any connection with its previous owners?

Being an A pitched (modern pitch?) Boehm would seem to rule out a maker in a far distant country cranking these out, foot powered lathe and three tone hole bits, in a wee shop off the kitchen of his little house. But, on the other hand... stranger things have been known to....

(go sit down, ron