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Author: Caspar
Date: 2001-12-01 16:06
Some time ago I came across an interesting-looking clarinet in a secondhand market. The keys are very distinctively styled, and there aren't too many of them (which, it turns out, is because it's one of the other systems). Anyway, I thought I'd find out what I could about it on the internet, and that was precisely nothing.
Has anyone heard of (a?) Desidera by Figli of Verona? Or Figli Desidera of Verona? Or a Verona from Desidera of Figli? Or a ... well, you get the picture.
I'd love to know.
Caspar
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2001-12-02 18:03
Caspar - I can help only to a limited degree. In Rendall's "The Clarinet", Verona is included with several Italian cities for clar mfgr. but no Figlia, perhaps Mark's Langwill may have something. The De[i?]sidera sounds [looks] like the desiderata, which my memory tells me is "desired thing". Others Please Help!! Don
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Author: A David Peacham
Date: 2001-12-04 19:34
Figli is Italian for sons. (And figlia means daughter.) Desidera means wishes. I'd guess this instrument was made in Verona by a Mr Desidera and his sons. Just a guess, though.
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