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Author: BillyWingnut
Date: 2010-05-31 08:51
Hi everyone.
I'm in need of some help with my search for two replacement parts for a Boosey & Hawkes Marlborough that I recently bought on Ebay. The serial is 226124 (early '60s?) and the instrument was made in England. It is wooden and in very good condition under 40 odd years of muck. Keywork is in nickel silver.
I'm a student on the Woodwind repair course at Newark in the UK and this is my first non college instrument restoration and my main problem is that the thumb rest fitted is not original and the barrel supplied is from a plastic regent. Does anyone know of a source for either item?
The barrel from a Regent of the time would be basically identical as far as I know, certainly the tenon rings on the plastic barrel I have are a match for the ring on the bell and foot joint. Hope you can help.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-05-31 09:35
Your best bet is to scour eBay for a donor instrument (an Edgware or Series 2-20 is the same instrument as a Marlborough), but make sure the barrel is 67mm as you'll have intonation problems with a shorter barrel.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Plonk
Date: 2010-05-31 09:55
Wouldn't that be from 1982 according to the serials list here http://www.musictrader.com/boosey.html?
I am curious about the answer to this question as I have a B&H A clarinet (Edgware) from 1979 which was given to me as a present about 12 years ago. It has a Buffet barrel, which doesn't sit quite right on the upper joint. (All joints have extra metal work added the the ends next to the tenon cork.) It plays really out of tune, and I'm wondering if that's due to the instrument having the wrong barrel, and where an original replacement could be had from. How do you know the bore size of the instrument?
Or it might be that B&H often have tuning issues anyway - as I've read on here in another thread.
Post Edited (2010-05-31 09:55)
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Author: BillyWingnut
Date: 2010-05-31 10:34
Thanks. I wasn't sure about the 2-20 as a donor. The naming of and differences between B&H clarinets from this time seems to be fairly random. Ebay never seems to throw up what you want when you want it. I'll keep searching.
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Author: BillyWingnut
Date: 2010-05-31 10:40
As far as I can tell from reading some related posts on this forum, the serial number issue can be a puzzler. I cant remember which list I referenced said early 60's and my lecturer and his assistant, both experienced repairers, agreed the date to be about right. All springs are of phosphor bronze. Anybody know when (if?) these were replaces by steel needles?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-05-31 10:45
Phosphor bronze needle springs are a pain as they break flush with the pillar (and fortunately the broken bit can still be pushed out) - you're best replacing them with blued steel or stainless steel.
The musictrader serial number list is way out (as are several others found online) - 226124 is from around 1964 as was in the original post. My first clarinet (a Series 2-20) was 234701 which dated it to 1965 according to B&H's official list which I lost many years ago, and the same search on their site when they used to have a database of all serial numbers showed this too. Sadly when the B&H group split a few years back, the serial number database went by the wayside as well.
For a more accurate list, have a look here: http://www.clarinetperfection.com/clsnBH.htm
If looking for keywork and other parts for this clarinet, be sure to find a clarinet with a serial number between 200000 and 300000 as the keywork/fittings will be the best match.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2010-05-31 10:47)
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