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Author: mw
Date: 2000-12-12 20:56
Anybody know anything about these clarinets. I have run into a matched (so-called professional, which they may be) set of sopranos. Supposed to be older model. **Any info appreciated**. Never heard of Symphony (I've heard of 1-10, 2-20, 1010, Emperor, Edgeware .... but nothing on Symphony) Thanks. mw
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Author: Daniel Bouwmeeszer
Date: 2000-12-13 22:11
There is a B&H model which is called 1010 Symphony... It's maybe the same...
The 1010 use to be extremely good instruments.
Large bore, meaning very round tone, and much power.
Very popular instrument in the U.K. around 1970.
Jack Brymer used to play this instrument, as well as many other famous british performers.
The only defaults with it is the tuning.. Difficult tuning on this instrument.
Best wishes !
DAniel B. Switzerland
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Author: Bill
Date: 2000-12-14 21:58
The "Symphony" is the 1010. The 1010 is the "Symphony." Great clarinets, make R-13s sound shrill. Straight tuning is bad---but Brymer and DePeyer sure sounded good on them. I've never seen one on eBay. I've looked for 2 years. I have one and I love it!
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Author: mw
Date: 2000-12-15 02:13
Bill, you confirm my research regarding the 1010 & the fact that nary a one has gone for sale or on auction thatg I have seen. What do you think the range of values would be for a 1010 (Symphony) ? Thanks. mw
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2000-12-15 10:24
For what it's worth the currently produced Peter Eaton clarinet is reputed to be a resurected 1010.
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Author: Bill
Date: 2000-12-15 15:11
I paid $450.00 for mine one late winter day 6 years ago in the Georgetown section of Washington, DC. I found it advertised in the local paper. I bought it from a successful British entrepreneur who no longer had any time for clarinet. It still plays, with the original leather pads, but with a very slight leak. I've since seen "Emporers" on auction/for sale out there, but never "Symphonies." It came with one genuine "1010" mouthpiece and a 946 (?) student mouthpiece. I bought two more mouthpieces for it made by Daniel Bangham (in U.K.) from casts. One is a re-bored 5RV and the other is a number "2" 1010 mouthpiece. I've heard the "pre-war" 1010s are supposed to be the cat's meow. Mine is about 1973, with the "Acton improvement(s)" (for one, an extra tone hole, lower joint). The keywork is . . . fantastic, the best I've ever seen. The wood seems insufficiently seasoned or something, and this clarinet is the one I really have to keep my eyes on during the winter months. It's a great clarinet that I love and keep as the oddity it is. It wouldn't be my desert island clarinet. Yet, it does make you realize why R-13 players fuss so about mouthpieces that supposedly give a good "dark" tone. Wider bores, for all their evils, give a much better/richer/fuller tone. Not "dark," but seductively rich and pleasant.
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