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Author: Archtop1
Date: 2001-11-28 02:39
First, I have no knowledge of clarinets....I picked up a clarinet marked P. Carnazzi and under that is 'Allesand....I could not make out the letters. It is wooden and quite old. It is 23" in length. Could anyone give me any info on this clarinet. Thanks....it is listed on ebay if you want to see a picture.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2001-11-28 05:47
Archtop1 - Aren't you are the SELLER of this clarinet on ebay? Mark might delete your post on this board, as per the rules of this board...GBK
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-11-28 05:51
Heavy sigh ....
You know, someday I may have to charge for doing the research for people ...
But since I don't have any information on this maker I won't have to this time.
Dear people, if you're selling a clarinet and want some information, have the decency to pay me a few bucks for looking things up for you. I've never asked for money to do a little research, but if you want to take advantage of my good nature luckily I have a few other friends checking eBay for me.
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2001-11-28 15:24
Well, Archtop1, first of all I am not familiar with this particular marque. However, from its appearance (including its obvious Albert system design), it's likely to be somewhere around eighty years old, plus or minus about twenty. The name sounds Italian, of course, and there were a number of Italian clarinet builders during the period "between wars." [I know nothing about them before 1920 or so.] A few of them were good, some were rather terrible. Without specific information on the maker, no one could guess. Otherwise, your only indication of its possible quality is that it has been around a long time and no one ever decided to make a lamp or stoke a fire with it.
Without further inspection for a mark (or playing it after repair), one might presume this to be a high pitch, or "HP" clarinet. Many early twentieth-century instruments built in Europe were marked as to pitch, high or low, and the two varieties are not mutually compatible. Some builders, especially the more obscure ones, didn't bother marking their instruments, as all their buyers knew what they were getting anyway. If it is HP, it will not play in tune with modern instruments, thereby lowering its value considerably to most potential buyers. If it is 23" long *without* the mouthpiece, that is not at all uncommon for a standard B-flat clarinet. If that measurement is *with* the mouthpiece, it's pitched in a different key, which may enhance its value to a few people but reduce it to many more. Dimitrios, your only current bidder, is an Albert player and equal-opportunity bidder, going after just about any clarinet that is an Albert system instrument and looks as if it can be made to play. I wouldn't expect any intense bidding war on this one, unless someone unearths concrete information that this clarinet is: 1) a low pitch (LP) instrument, 2) a product of a wonderful manufacturer that almost no one remembers, and/or 3) the specific instrument that was played by Sidney Bechet in elementary school, or something like that.
Good luck,
John
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Author: Archtop1
Date: 2001-11-28 17:45
first, I apologize for any implication that I was trying to advertise on your board. For some reason, I run across more clarinets than any other instrument and I have a driving desire to 'research' any info I can about something; and that is the case here. I didn't notice the caveat until I had posted my message and I merely was using my photograph on ebay to ellicit information, not to augment my number of bids. You can be assured that should I list any other question on the board that I will not make any reference to my selling anything. Thanks very much to those who have taken the time to respond to my question. My line of expertise is in guitars and other American made stringed instruments so please feel free to contact me if you need any help in this type of collectible. Thanks...Dr. Bill (archtop1)
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Author: Mark Charette, Webmaster
Date: 2001-11-28 20:54
Apology accepted.
More than once I've been "burned" by doing research for someone I think is a collector is actually selling the instrument. Research takes a considerable amout of time ...
Also, there are a few people on this board who post "questions" with a slant towards instruments they are selling on eBay and don't think that I notice such things. I do. However, making public mention of the fact would just drive people over to eBay to check the sale ...
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