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Author: bbrandha
Date: 2012-05-10 05:33
Anyone know how to identify the maker on this clarinet? The only other mark I've found so far are 3 parallel lines somewhere on the lower side of most of the keys. Never anywhere visible with the keys on. Some of the holes are smaller than I've seen on any other clarinet.
It seems to have leather pads. The banding is was done quite awhile ago, to judge by the grime on them.
ETA: Where did the pictures go?
Post Edited (2012-05-10 05:48)
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Author: bbrandha
Date: 2012-05-12 23:38
Who knew Adidas started out as a musical instrument maker in Czechoslovakia???
My next question, a serious one, is how to repad this creature. The pads are FAR tinier than the smallest pad that I have. Granted, I only have the basic repair kit. They are unstepped leather pads with a green backing disc and are also thicker than the pads I have. The only thing I can find to measure with is a sewing tape measure. It says that the little pad is 7mm and the bigger is 9mm.
Advice?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-05-12 23:57
Try to upload the photos again.
7mm seems pretty tiny for clarinet pads - the smallest are usually around 8-8.5mm (for the LH1 pad) and the side key and majority of the upper joint pads are around 9-9.5mm if using leather (or cork) pads.
I'm just wondering (without seeing the instrument and going on the pad sizes you mentioned) if you've got an oboe there and not a clarinet. I know some Italian and Czech oboes have a series of lines filed in the undersides of the keys done at the factory so they can be either polished or plated en masse (five sets of keys at a time) and then allocated to the specific instruments they belong to (with a series of dots, lines or a factory number stamped or marked in the joints somewhere inconspicuous) so they're not put on the wrong instrument.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2012-05-13 01:23
When I had to repad a KinderKlari Eb, I needed very small, thin pads. I found that some oboe pads that were exactly what was needed and they work fine.
Tony F.
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Author: bbrandha
Date: 2012-05-13 03:26
Definitely a Bb clarinet. When I pulled it out of the case, I noticed right away how tiny the cups were.
Here's another try on the pictures.
ETA: I get completly kicked out of the forum when I try to post pictures. Let me get links onto Photobucket. Maybe that will work.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e81/Brigette41/IMG_0164.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e81/Brigette41/IMG_0160.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e81/Brigette41/IMG_0162.jpg
Post Edited (2012-05-13 03:33)
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-05-13 14:08
I see now - I thought with the small diameter pads it was either an oboe or maybe a simple system clarinet. But it's a Boehm system.
The throat A pad cup is the usual size for clarinets but the others are tiny. For more accurate measurements, you can use the back end of a twist drill once the pads have been removed or a set of vernier calipers for more accurate measurements.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2012-05-13 16:04
I also see the the cups have "reverse cone" rims; no wonder they appear tiny.
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Ben
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Author: BobD
Date: 2012-05-20 12:20
I also think Kohlert might be a good guess. I would think that if you phone Ferrees they can help you......
Bob Draznik
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