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Author: Firstgarden
Date: 2024-06-14 23:56
Hi Everyone!
Can anyone point me in a direction with this clarinet?
This was passed down to us within the family, and I've tried hard to identify it.
It looks like a lot of other Buffet clarinets, but has an unusual looking key on the top right, (as pictured.)
I recently learned this:
"The odd key is called a swan's neck or wrap-around register key. They were common ±100 years ago."
Key is Bb low pitch. (Horn is stamped LP.
23" Without mouthpiece
26" With mouthpiece
The mouthpiece reads, 'Henri selmer paris hs."
The nomenclature is very worn. I have examined it a great deal under a magnifying glass.
One part of it appears to say, "Cannon & Cie", although Buffet "Cannon" seems impossible to find out there on the internet.
Another part of it says another name -- "_____ & Cie," that I can't fully make out.
GULRIAC ?
GUMNON ?
GIOMRON ?
GULMNCNR ?
GULMNAR ?
GIAMNON ?
CIAMNON ?
Any insights with this would be greatly appreciated!!
p.s. I had trouble loading images. Please see the following "replies" which contain images. Thank you!!!
Post Edited (2024-06-15 00:17)
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2024-06-16 01:37
Micke Isotalo wrote:
> I understand the size limit for individual attachments here to
> be 1.5 MB.
2MB, total of 8 Mb, but it's ALWAYS better to put them in a file-sharing site and post links. Back when this board was created there were no or very few file-sharing sites so we added a primitive file storage section. Since pictures et al took a lot of room generally and storage was pretty expensive, I put some harsh limits in there. Using Dropbox or One Drive or some other sharing system is infinitely better and less frustrating.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2024-06-16 03:19
Definitely Buffet Crampon & Cie.
The 'Crampon' part being Zoe Crampon who was Jean-Louis Buffet's wife - the company became Buffet Crampon & Cie. in 1836 and the logo to that effect was first used in 1844, with the Klose-Buffet 'Boehm' system clarinet being launched in 1850.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
Independent Woodwind Repairer
Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
NOT A MEMBER OF N.A.M.I.R.
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