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Author: Meri
Date: 1999-03-15 18:10
At a flea market in Pickering (suburb of Toronto) I saw a Cavilier Clarinet for sale at $99. I looked at the instrument, and although it looked quite old, there were no missing springs or keys, in wood. It probably would need an overhaul, though.I didn't find a serial number on this instrument, though.
Now, I do not want to purchase it to play it (rather, I was thinking of purchasing it as an art-object—I use my 1968 R-13 for that (which I most love). But it was in the Antique section of the Flea market.
Anyone know more about the Cavlier instruments other than the info that is listed? (I will check out that resource that was mentioned)
Meri
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 1999-03-15 19:01
Its prob one of many "garage-type"- manufactured cl's from France {maybe US}, if it doesnt have any special features, $100 sounds like too much. {Try #30}. Overhaul costs can run you 1-200 unless you are a "do-it-yourself er". Luck, Don
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Author: Mark P.
Date: 1999-03-16 00:40
Cavalier was a student line of Conn, made in Elkhart. You see alot of metal clarinets and alto saxophones under this name and I've seen trumpets, cornets, and trombones as well. I believe that they also made wood clarinets. If it says Elkhart, IN... then it's a Conn student line model.
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Author: jim lande (lande @ erols.com)
Date: 1999-03-16 03:53
There were also some wooden Cavalier clarinets made in Italy. I owned one. They were a little better than student grade. Based on the case, mine was made in the 1950s or 1960s.
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Author: Dee
Date: 1999-03-19 04:48
Meri wrote:
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... But it was in the Antique section of the Flea market.
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Being in the antique section doesn't necessarily mean anything. If the case looks old and beat up, people will call it an antique when it reality it is merely old. Age alone does not make something antique. Basically you can't tell a 60 year old clarinet from a new clarinet since the Boehm system has been prevalent for at least that long. Thus the vast majority of old clarinets simply have the value of any similar used instrument and sometimes a little less due to its age. A true antique increases in value due to age rather than having to compete as a used item against all the not-so-old used items.
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