Author: Jean
Date: 1999-07-12 15:37
The case which I have (and believe to be the case the clarinets originally came in) has a label inside which reads, "Robert Schopper, Instrumentenbauranst, Leipzig". Clarinets from a trumpet maker, hmmm? Interesting.
The maker's marks on these instruments are found in two locations: one is on the bell, in very plain script, all capital letters, R. SCHOPPER, LEIPZIG. I mispoke when I said matched Eb and Bb; it is an A and Bb pair. The same maker's mark is also located on the upper portion of the clarinet (they are four piece clarinets - mouthpiece, upper portion, lower portion, and bell). The mark of "A" and "B" are located about an inch above the A key on each of the instruments. The mouthpieces are not the originals. There is also a lyre (I think that's what it's called - it clamps onto the center joint of the instrument for holding music in a marching band) in the case which has a circular maker's mark which reads, "Buffet, Crampon&Cle, A Paris".
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