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Re: Dating Marigaux clarinets

Author: Bill
Date: 2020-01-25 18:46

Hi John. Thanks for this info!!! Just observing the case and other details of the two clarinets, it looks like my #721 was made in the 1930s. That case is a pouchette with the leather handle identical to those that came with mid-1930s Buffets. Aspects of the keywork (German silver, triangular trill key guide) also point to a pre-war instrument. The #4928 has a 1950s-style case, square with bakelite handle. The ketwork is plated, with more contemporary features, but still sturdier-looking than later Marigaux clarinets.

Good to know they started in 1934. I thought it was 1936.

Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)

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