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 Age of my 2 clarinets?? Help!!! Clarinet Plants Do not exist anymore!
Author: clarinetwizard 
Date:   2011-09-24 12:39

So I am going through my closet of instruments and I was thinking today, how old my instruments are.

my buffet was made in 1975, I got that one back in 1994/5.. love the sound of it!

but I have two other clarinets and the companies that made them were bought by conn-selmer! I called them up and they do not have serial numbers that are older than SIX YEARS OLD! grrr...

And there is nothing found on the internet. I checked.
So this is what I have and all i want to know the age of my clarinets:



VITO clarinet (Bb): number: A56823/ 7712 (got that back in 1990, still love my plastic clarinet. Just wonder how old it is)

Eb piccolo clarinet: Esprit LeBlanc paris (Got it in 1998 as a high school graduation gift. Love the sound it makes , too bad there isn't a lot of music for it)
B85180 -serial number

and the paris plant is closed.

hopefully someone on this board can help me :)

owner of blythpost.com

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 Re: Age of my 2 clarinets?? Help!!! Clarinet Plants Do not exist anymore!
Author: DAVE 
Date:   2011-09-24 12:54

When you said clarinet plant I was thinking of some actual plant! LOL

Anyway, looks like you know the age of the clarinets already. You mentioned when you got them...

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 Re: Age of my 2 clarinets?? Help!!! Clarinet Plants Do not exist anymore!
Author: SteveG_CT 
Date:   2011-09-24 18:53

Leblanc serial numbers are notoriously difficult to find. The best list I know of is on Steve Sklar's site ( http://www.clarinetperfection.com/clsnLeblanc.htm#SNLeblanc ) and even this one is not complete. Your Esprit is probably too new to be on the list and I don't know of any place where you can find Vito serial numbers.

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 Re: Age of my 2 clarinets?? Help!!! Clarinet Plants Do not exist anymore!
Author: Ursa 
Date:   2011-09-24 19:45

Looks like your Vito 7212 is of 1987 vintage.

I have a 1987 Vito 7214 and it is quite nice.

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 Re: Age of my 2 clarinets?? Help!!! Clarinet Plants Do not exist anymore!
Author: clarnibass 
Date:   2011-09-25 05:59

>> Clarinet Plants Do not exist anymore! <<

Maybe you forgot to water them... like most plants, they spit out the extra water they don't need from the bottom... :)

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 Re: Age of my 2 clarinets?? Help!!! Clarinet Plants Do not exist anymore!
Author: clarinetwizard 
Date:   2011-09-25 09:04

lol..

thanks :)


It is annoying when a company out buys another one and doesn't get all of the information! grrr.


'clarinet plant' is my clarinet humor ha ha.


I m 31 years old and a proud clarinet player :)

owner of blythpost.com

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