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Author: Angela
Date: 1999-03-16 19:42
I bought a clarinet for $10 from an antique store. I've been trying to date this instrument. All I can tell from the stamp on it is that it was made by Henri Farny in Paris, France. Also, at the top of the second joint, it says HP B.
I really only bought it because it looks very different from my own instrument. It has no bridge connecting the midddle joints and the register key wraps around to the front of the instrument. It has only three trill keys on the side of the upper joint. Also of note is the use of roller keys(as on a sax) instead of the alternate keys on the bottom. The B/E key works by a lever type thing as well. Any info on this instrument will be of much help. Thanks!
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Author: Kevin Bowman
Date: 1999-03-16 19:49
Can't vouch for the age of the clarinet - but it sure sounds like an "Albert" or "simple" system clarinet to me. The HP means "high pitch" and B actually refers to the key of Bb (as opposed to A or C). The fact that this is a HP instrument *probably* dates it to the first couple of decades of this century (when A440 was becoming a lower pitched standard).
Kevin Bowman
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Author: jim lande (lande @ erols.com)
Date: 1999-03-17 05:28
I have heard that Henri Farney was an export name used by
a French maker. Thiebeville (sp)?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-03-17 11:58
jim lande (lande @ erols.com) wrote:
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I have heard that Henri Farney was an export name used by
a French maker. Thiebeville (sp)?
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The New Langwill doesn't say what maker, only that it was a trade name.
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