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Author: Shelly
Date: 2001-04-16 16:29
I am curious to see how many clarinets every one has! I only own one :( It's a Selmer CL300. Money is very tight around our house so unless I see one at a yard sale I doubt if I will get a second any time soon.
Shelly
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Author: Graham Golden
Date: 2001-04-16 16:59
Humm, good question. Depends on the day. Play regularly a Buffet, and an AMATI 201 for outdoor use, i have a shelf full of other AMATI clarinets, and technically they are mine. I have a selmer bass clarinet, a box full of caseless plastic horns, and 2 older wood horns.
Graham
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Author: Kai
Date: 2001-04-16 17:11
I own a 4-year old Leblanc Concerto which I play most of the time.
What I don't own is a gorgeous Yamaha pro-eefer which I have played one concert on. It belongs to an old friend of mine who doens't play anymore and hitherto, the eefer has been sitting on her shelves!
The owner and I have a verbal agreement that the eefer shall be with me on 'permanent loan' until I can be of a financial status that will allow me to acquire it for my own. Sigh..
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Author: LBH
Date: 2001-04-16 17:23
I own a Buffet R13 ( concert horn ) A Selmer CL200 ( Marching ) and an Artley plastic ( rainy marching weather - Hmm.. I also have my school's old full boehm Buffet.. That's all.. I want a eefer too... :( Oh well..
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-04-16 17:23
Eb - silver H. Bettony
C - pre-R-13 Buffet (1928); Lyons
Bb - Buffet R-13; pre-R-13 Buffet (1938); Lyric by Pedler
A - Buffet R-13
bass - Buffet (1972)
contra-alto - Selmer
contrabass - Leblanc to low C
Makes 10.
Ken Shaw
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Author: jbutler
Date: 2001-04-16 17:43
I have over a dozen, but most I bought for restoration to sell.
I play a Semer Balanced Tone and a Selmer Centered Tone (both Bb soprano)
John
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Author: bob gardner
Date: 2001-04-16 17:47
Buffet Prestige
Selmer 10 (40 years young)
Lablanc symphonie (30 years old
Selmer bass (Bundy)
thats enought for awhile unless I see a great deal on ebay.
Bob
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Author: David Spiegelthal
Date: 2001-04-16 19:19
Personal horns (in working condition):
M. Lacroix hard rubber Eb clarinet
Guy Humphrey, Thibouville Freres, and Boosey & Hawkes wood Bb clarinets, Moennig Bros. metal Bb clarinet
Guy Humphrey hard rubber "A" clarinet
Kohlert (Winnenden) hard rubber bass clarinet (low Eb, with homemade removable low-D extension)
Buescher plastic EEb contra-alto clarinet
"Kohlert" (but actually Chinese-made stencil) soprano sax
Old Leblanc Vito alto sax
Very old King "American Standard" tenor sax
Olds Parisian Ambassador bari sax
Gemeinhardt student-model flute
On the "restoration bench":
More than a dozen older wood clarinets, various "off brands" (sic)
A few more hard rubber and plastic clarinets
So many horns.........so little time.
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Author: Terry Horlick
Date: 2001-04-16 20:32
Interesting thread. I have a vintage R-13 (about 1954), an Evette by Buffet which is better than the R-13, a Hoffinger A, a <i>Bundy</i> Eb, and a 1925 full Boehm Bb.
What my wife wants to know is "how many clarinets are enough?"
Terry
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Author: Hans de Nijs
Date: 2001-04-16 20:37
I have nine clarinets from the same builder, all hand-made by the legendary Fritz Wurlitzer.
Here we go:
A/B flat set with the Schmidt-Kolbe system (very complicated key work with a wide bore: 15,0 mm) from 1952
A/B flat set with the traditional full Oehler system, still older from 1946.
A/ B flat set with the reform Boehm keywork
Eefer from 1972, German System
Basset horm from 1974, Oehler system
Bass clarinet from 1964, full German system till low C
I'm playing all instruments with great pleasure. I'm allways seeking for the ideal mouthpieces (Wurlitzer Fritz and Herbert, Zinner, all with Heinz Viotto facings) for these oldies with hand forged keywork, made with so much love and craftmanship.
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Author: Fred
Date: 2001-04-16 20:45
6 - Bb Clarinets: R-13; Buffet Super Dynaction; King-Marigaux; Silver King; Silva Bet (hasn't arrived yet); and one old Albert system. The last three are metal clarinets.
2 - Flutes: Artley 8-0; Armstrong 104
1 - Tenor Sax: Conn 10M
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Wish / Want List: Soprano Sax; C-Clarinet; Older straight bore horn (Selmer, Conn, who knows?
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-04-16 21:14
bob gardner wrote:
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> [snip] ... Lablanc symphonie (30 years old
The Leblanc Symphonie would be around 50 years old. I have the successor to it, a Leblanc Symphonie II, and according to Leblanc, mine was manufactured in the early to mid 1950s. Therefore yours should be late 1940s to early 1950s.
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Author: Kontragirl
Date: 2001-04-16 21:43
I have my lovely Yamaha 20 for marching...it's 14. I also have my wonderful Yamaha Allegro...it's one year old as of yesterday.
That's two...but I also have 2 school contraltos (plastic bundy, 35 years or so, wooden selmer, who knows how old it is), a bass clarinet (40 or so), and a bari sax (probably as old as the wooden selmer) in my possesion. Do they count?
Oh by the way, I have a bass guitar (5 months), that's off the topic, but I would hate for my guitar to think that I was favoring my reed instruments.
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Author: jbutler
Date: 2001-04-16 22:01
Terry,
Just tell your wife for every clarinet you buy she can go out and purchase a new set of china (Coach purse and wallet, or whatever she's into)!
John
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Author: Bill
Date: 2001-04-16 22:23
I've been learning clarinet for about six months. I have a Buffet R-13, a Yamaha YCL-20, a metal Regent Soloist. My newest acquisition, via eBay, is a no-name vintage Albert C horn. I am thrilled with the C horn, cracks and all. I have to admit that it is my favorite.
I am watching eBay for a Bb Albert horn, and I want to get a nice Boehm style C horn.
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Author: joseph o'kelly
Date: 2001-04-16 22:32
Right now I own three working high quality clarinets.
My main Bb is a Buffet R-13 Festival clarinet which I bougt new less than a year ago. These instruments are unbeatable in quality. The alternate Eb key is useful when I make a mistake in a fingering pattern while sightreading. I own an R-13 in the key of A which I bought even newer. My back-up Bb is an 'Evette/Buffet "Master Model' clarinet circa. late 50's early 60's. I do not belive that this was an equivilant to the modern E-11 but rather an R-13 with a cosmetic flaw or an R-13 made with lesser grade wood but still equal to the wood of a modern R-13. In any case I restored it myself. I hang on to old "junker" clarinets for parts.
From my high-school I use an 1980's vintage R-13 Eb. LeBlanc Bass and Alto clarinet and when I need, a LeBlanc Contra-Bass with range to low C.
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Author: Gene Wie
Date: 2001-04-16 22:32
Five clarinets:
Buffet R-13 Bb
Buffet R-13 A
Selmer Signet 100
Vito Plastic
Bundy Plastic
Used to have a small collection of old albert system clarinets, some extra plastics, and a full boehm extended range Leblanc A kept for about a year while I was transcribing viola repertoire to clarinet...everything went the way of Ebay though, and the remaining three "cheap" horns are of sentimental value.
The next question ought to be: how many mouthpieces do you have, and why in the world does anyone need that many for? =)
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Author: eilidh
Date: 2001-04-16 22:57
ok i own 3 a pair of buffet r 13s and a noblet eflat
but i have a friend who has:-
a pair of RC buffets
a pair of Peter Eatons
a c clarinet
an eflat leblanc i think (he owned mine too until i persuaded him to sell it to me)
a buffet bass
a basset horn
now he told me he owns 12 but i cant remember what the rest are.......i think thats just greedy lol
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Author: Sarah
Date: 2001-04-17 00:32
I have a Buffet BC20, Evette Master Model, plastic Bundy, and an old clarinet my great, great grandfather played.
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Author: Sarah
Date: 2001-04-17 00:33
I forgot to mention my Selmer Soprano Sax
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Author: jerry
Date: 2001-04-17 00:46
Okay! Okay!
I have a used Vito model 7214 (the one with the simulated woodgrain finish) in excellent condx. that cost me $239+shipping. And I still have the same wife I've had for 43+ years. Wonder how much I can get out of her on a new Concerto (note: must phone LeBlanc).
"...simulated woodgrain finish...."
Hummm! Just realized something in that statement. Architects (which I am BTW) don't like simulated wood or any other simulated material............hummm (idea!).
I'm gonna get into big trouble.........bye.
~ jerry
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Author: J. Exner
Date: 2001-04-17 00:58
Not many--
Selmer Series 10 Mazzeo (1971)
Bundy Mazzeo (1968)
Artley that I just bought on Ebay a few weeks ago.
I'm always looking for more Mazzeos.
Now my husband--he has a room full of saxophones--sopranos and Altos. He just got a new Yamaha Custom Alto this weekend, and he's driving me crazy playing it all his waking hours!
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Author: bob gardner
Date: 2001-04-17 02:34
dee
thanks for the dating of my LaBlanc. I just purchased it off of ebay and it is really nice.
Was there any major changes made between the #1 and II
bob
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Author: Sara
Date: 2001-04-17 03:24
Let me see. maybe not quite as many as some of the others, but a sufficient number none the less:
~Buffet Festival, for my main concert horn
~Artley horn that is osmewhere in circulation at the middle school, as the tone quality and key work are very poor
~Plastic Vito, from my beginnings, that took all the way through the first two and a half years of playing paid probably 95 bucks for it
~Plastic Vito, a lot newer than my beginner and used for marching band, and its the horn I keep out all the time with a spare setup so I can piddle around whenever
Oh and all of these are Bflat as I have not yet hadthe oppurtunity to try any of the others, which I'm hoping to do one of these days! But I do have a good sized collection of "stuff" mouthpieces ligatures and all that! I'm sure once I get out of high school I might look into my clarineting stuff, but right now my buget is limited to that of a high school student!
Sara
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Author: Willie
Date: 2001-04-17 04:13
Lets see, A Harry Pedler, hard rubber with extra keys (1920s); another Harry Pedler, wood about 1936; a Jeffrey thats just old but plays great; a Freeman M-100 that I play the most; a plastic Bundy; 3 metal clarinets, an Olds, an Elkhart and a Holton. Also a Leblanc contra alto (actualy belongs to the local school), a Conn alto sax, a Yammie tenor sax, a Reynolds double French horn, a Martin trombone (1920s), a King euphonium, and an old Eb tuba. These are the playable horns. The clunkers and junkers are in a big box somewhere.
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Author: Mike Irish
Date: 2001-04-17 04:13
I have 4 Bb clarinets....
one in peticular I am looking for parts for and that is a Regents Silver ( metal )
would love to get it back in working order......
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Author: Roger
Date: 2001-04-17 11:42
1 R-13 B-flat clarinet (circa 1983)
1 R-13 A clarinet (circa 1985)
1 noblet clarinet (on loan to elderst daughter)
1 vito alto sax (circa 1978)
1 yamaha top of line tenor sax (circa 1983)
1 Cuesnon tenor sax (circa 1961) my baby
1 yamaha top of line bari sax (circa 1984
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Author: beth
Date: 2001-04-17 12:29
uh let's see...
1 clarinet - who knows what chinese brand...saving up to get E-11 over the summer(but currently using my friends Selmer Series 9 :D...so let's say two clarinets)
clarinets from school but under my possesion:
1 alto clarinet - yamaha student
1 bass clarinet - yamaha student
and still desperatly wanting an Eb and A
2 alto saxes - one which is the same brand as the clarinet, lol, painted school colors for pep band...and a jupiter...hey...its all i could afford.
1 tenor sax - yamaha student (from school)
i'll be getting the schools lone soprano at the end of this year :]
2 flutes - yet another chinese thing...which i took the head a painted and used it for one of my paintings :] and an student gemienhardt...and im looking to upgrade the head joint.
1 piccolo - plastic yamaha (from school)
1 oboe - wood yamaha
1 trumpet - another chinese thing i found in the attic...its getting upgraded this summer too :]
12 instruments in my possesion...i own 7
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Author: Bart Hendrix
Date: 2001-04-17 14:38
Wouldn't it be more accurate to ask "How many clarinets own you?". Or do we actually do this to ourselves by choice?
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2001-04-17 14:47
Late 50s R-13- my baby!
Plastic Artley backup
Dysfunctional R-13 A, borrowed from a local college
Beautiful Chinese violin and an old German bow
And a very elderly Steinway piano
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Author: joseph o'kelly
Date: 2001-04-17 16:04
In addition to my clarinets listed above I own......
- One D&k (Ever hear of them?) Tenor Saxophone (Semi Pro model)
- One Gemienhard 2SP flute
- Lesher wood oboe
- Grennel Brothers upright piano
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Author: C. Hogue
Date: 2001-04-17 16:05
After 30 years of tooting on the Olds Duratone plastic student model my parents scrimped to get me in 1970, I began to aquire last year.
First was an Evette & Schaeffer (a wonderful bright-sounding intermediate horn) then a Signet Soloist (a wonderful dark-sounding intermediate horn). Next, a friend dumped on me a Bundy with barely a pad on it (it's at the bottom of the pile). I have a hard-rubber Evette bass with a neck customized by Dave Spiegelthal and a two-piece Vito alto as well as a Signet Special I plan to sell.
I've paid for (but haven't yet gotten) two more intermediate horns -- a Noblet and an Evette.
It's not a clarinet, but I also own & play a lap dulcimer.
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Author: Cass
Date: 2001-04-17 16:07
Some of you are amazing. I only have one that "counts", a Vito. I know people think "just plastic" but really it's pretty good and I can play it outdoors with no worries about weather. No complaints. I would like to get something better I guess but it can wait for more "disposable income".
I have another one that doesn't count because I never play it. It is an Artley that was my first clarinet that I owned myself instead of a school isntrument. It belonged to my aunt who gave it to me so I shouldn't say anything bad about it except, oh my God it is terrible. You can't play it in tune to save your life. No wonder she played two years and quit! The notes above the break are way sharp and below the break way flat. The repair man said there is really nothing you can do about it. Anything you do to fix one thing makes the other one worse. I was so glad when my parents gave me the Vito brand new for my 13'th birthday when I was going in high school, that I broke down and cried! But now I'm glad for playing the Artley because it made me grateful for the Vito and appreciate it instead of desperate to keep up with the Joneses. I did get a better mouthpiece this year so now I have 2 plus the one on the Artley that doesn't count!
I almost only had 1 clarinet because offered the Artley to my nephew to carry on the family tradition. But his band teacher played it and said no way, take it back where it came from! He wanted a trumpet instead of a clarinet anyway so he got his wish.
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Author: Brent
Date: 2001-04-17 20:05
Leblanc LL, Schreiber e-11, pan american, vito resotone, wurlitzer bass - plus several non working ones
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-04-17 20:33
When my kids and grandkids ask [The Question], I usually respond that "They are like rabbits, I havent counted them this morning!!" A guesstimate of 50 instruments seems to be in the ballpark [I plead guilty of being a collector as well as a multi-player] and I'm not trying to be #1 or establish my own museum, just love horns. Probably 40 are clarinets of varying size/keys, about 10 are ?antiques?, and most are somewhat [or better] playable. If anyone is interested in further description [and my idiocy!], I'll see what I can do. Really enjoy this thread!!! Don
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2001-04-18 00:54
Here's a collection for you.
Bb & A Boosey and Co. Barret Action Clintons
F. Arthur Uebel Oehler Bb
Henri Farny Albert Bb
Vito Plastic Eb Sop Boehm unfortunately.
In addition I am holding any number of Boehm instruments for restoration and sale.
In Addition I also have
Yamaha SS61 Soprano Sax
Leblanc Rational Alto Sax which needs help
Yanigasawa 991 Tenor Sax Beautiful!!!
Deford Flute plus a cupboard full of scrap flutes for parts.
Heckel Cor Anglais circa 1920 a classic
A Czech wooden oboe
A Kohlert Bassoon
Needless to say the wife isnt happy but she has three trombones and a euphonium!!
Have a musical day.
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2001-04-18 00:56
Oops!
Forgot my 9 key 1870 Kohlert clarinet Baermann system or very close and my collection of penny whistles in Bb, Eb and C
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Author: deejay
Date: 2001-04-18 01:24
I did own 4. They were
A. Fontaine wood
Selmer Signet Special wood
No name wood
Bundy plastic
I had to sell all them, but the Selmer Special so I can afford to buy a Buffet E-11 I want really bad.
deejay
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Author: Pam
Date: 2001-04-18 02:09
Wow! I only have my 1 yr. old R-13 and a really old out of tune with itself plastic horn. I really should get a decent back-up horn.
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Author: anthony greenwood
Date: 2001-04-18 06:58
Bb 3x Selmer N series 1946 &1947 vintage
Malerne **** Pro
SML Strasser 50 year old
1920's Coudet
Selmer 10G 1972 vintage
Selmer Recital 1993
3x Selmer signet 100
Boosey & Hawkes Edgeware
Voss
Hammerschmidt-Klinson
A Selmer Recital 2001
Selmer full Boehm 10S 1970's vintage
Selmer 10G late 1980's
Malerne **** Pro
Yamaha Custom AE
Yamaha AE A
Hammerschmidt-Klinson
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Author: Kai
Date: 2001-04-18 08:23
Adding on...
Ibach upright piano
Pearl River upright piano (half a century old?)
China-made Violin (sold)
Yamaha CX Bb (sold)
Rigoutat Oboe (my baby..
Now, let's change the question to what else would I want for Christmas!!
English Horn
Bassoon
An 'A' clarinet to accompany my Bb
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Author: Christoffer
Date: 2001-04-18 20:23
I don't really own one, but a single yamaha plastic horn lives in my appartemant as a part of a rental program. My very first clarinet was a wooden thing, bought for what equals about 50-60 US dollars, and quickly sold again; it was in a pretty bad shape, leaking everywhere - - but it made me fall in love with the instrument, so I decided to get a decent beginner's horn ASAP.
Then I own a couple of recorders, a mandolin, a guitar, an old, broken but playable bouzouki and a baglama (baby bouzouki) - but that's another story; the clarinet is what I invest my musical hours in.
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Author: JK
Date: 2001-04-20 03:53
Shelly -- I have the same one you do, a Selmer CL300B. It ain't too good (probably the awful Selmer mouthpiece), but it's the only one I've got at the moment.
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Author: Steve
Date: 2001-04-23 03:03
Kontragirl,
I spied a Yamaha Allegro at a local store this weekend. It
certainly is a beautiful CL! It played pretty well, and the price seemed right.
I can tell you like it, but can you tell me any more? There is no information on the Yamaha web page.
Anybody else out there have experience with this model?
Steve
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Author: Bob R
Date: 2001-04-24 13:43
I have the following.
Bb Buffet R-13 (25 years old) Named it "Jenny".
Bb Selmer Bundy Resonite (Used during marching band seasons)
Bb Old Wooden Selmer (about 90 years old)
Eb Normandy Wooden (about 15 years old)
Bb Italian Made Silver Metal Clarinet (Just bought from Ebay)
The only one I don't play is the 90 year old wooden Selmer.
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