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Eb clarinet made by whom?

Author: RonaldP
Date: 2012-05-08 22:14

Hello;
I just bought what I think is an Eb clarinet, not to play, but to tinker with. I really would like to know who made it but have had no luck looking on line.
There are no maker's marks or serial numbers that I have been able to discern
Anybody help? It's a wooden instrument looks to be grenadilla wood including the mouth piece. 19 5/8 inches long and has a 13 mm bore, the mouthpiece tip is broken off. There are several (7) keys that have black dots on the finger pad ends. The barrel is 41 mm long. The thumb rest has 3 screws to mount it to the clarinet.
Thanks,
Ron

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Re: Eb clarinet made by whom?

Author: chris moffatt
Date: 2012-05-08 23:02

any chance of a few photos? and is this an albert system horn? BTW those dots are the ends of the screws which hold the flat springs onto the underside of the keys.

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Re: Eb clarinet made by whom?

Author: RonaldP
Date: 2012-05-09 02:18

So they are!

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Re: Eb clarinet made by whom?

Author: RonaldP
Date: 2012-05-09 02:20
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So they are! Here are some photos.

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Re: Eb clarinet made by whom?

Author: chris moffatt
Date: 2012-05-10 14:18

What you have there looks like a C19 simple-system form of Albert clarinet. Judging by the keywork I'd guess it dates from around 1870 - 1890. Note it does not have a patent C# (patented in 1861 by Joseph Tyler) which was ubiquitous by 1900. The keywork looks french to me but I don't think it's a Couesnon (who made a lot of these unmarked horns) or a Buffet. Interesting point is the underslung speaker key - a wraparound key was practically de rigeur on french clarinets until the early C20 - even on boehm system models. Makes me think it's just possibly a later build to an earlier design.

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Re: Eb clarinet made by whom?

Author: Pastor Rob
Date: 2012-05-10 17:01

It could be a Freres. I have one very similar except mine has no ring keys on the lower joint. Mine also has no markings and a peg thumb rest. Other than those differences it looks identical.

Pastor Rob Oetman
Leblanc LL (today)

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Re: Eb clarinet made by whom?

Author: RonaldP
Date: 2012-05-14 04:13

Thanks for the replies! I spent several hours checking out previous posts about Albert system horns. I went looking on line for photos but didn't find anything, except a Mueler that had keywork that looked similar but not everything matched up.
Still looking.

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