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Re: Who played Couesnon clarinets?

Author: tyleman
Date: 2020-07-17 16:55

I recently have picked up three Couesnon clarinets - all on the French website leboncoin. One was quite an old one without a serial number, the tradename in a oval similar to other French manufacturers. It has a beautiful brown color and gorgeous wood. I'm assuming it's unstained grenadilla. It's missing one of the bridges in the lower joint from the left pinky keys to the right which will need to be replaced.

Another fairly recent purchase is a model marked "Conservatoires," seven rings with an extra vent hole in the bottom joint and a roller on the top right hand pinky key. It's a very nice playing instrument although it will need new pads at some point. It has a six digit serial number and may be from the 1950s.

The latest one I picked up is a regular six ring, is much older with a five digit serial number and different logo and "Fournissuers de l'armee" as part of the trademark on the bell.

Many years ago I had quite a nice seven ring with an articulated G#/C# but I sold that.

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