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Author: Don Gabor
Date: 2002-08-31 21:37
Can anyone tell me about this old instrument that I found in a basement in Brooklyn, NY? Serial # B53783L. Condition is good but needs complete repadding and overhaul. Value? Age? Cost of overhaul. Any information appreciated.
Thanks, Don Gabor
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2002-08-31 22:47
We will need to know if your cl is a Boehm [modern] or Albert [before 1900's] System, the L in the serial# [and the B, for Bb] make it sound like a turn-of-the-century horn. Any cracks in the wood?? Knowing no more I'd guess value is low, restoration costs would be some $100-200. You might search EBAY for "clarinet" for comparative info. Luck, Don
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Author: Dee
Date: 2002-09-01 13:15
Albert system horns were also made into at least the 1920s and perhaps even a few into the early 1930s.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2002-09-01 18:35
You are correct [of course] Dee, I just did some "century round-off". Can you be on our chat?? Don
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2002-09-04 13:20
The old Wurlitzer USA clarinets I've seen have been student instruments. If what you have is one of them, then even fixed up, the value would probably be minimal. Given the choice, I'd start with a Bundy or a Noblet.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: David Spiegelthal
Date: 2002-09-04 14:54
I believe the Wurlitzer USA clarinets are plastic, from the 1970s, and are Leblanc Vito stencils. My parents were renting such a "Wurlitzer" bass clarinet for me to play in junior high school. If so, then their value is the same as a Vito of the same vintage.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2002-09-04 22:33
From what I have seen on eBay, Wurlitzer made clarinets of a variety of materials. I don't know though what levels (pro, student, intermediate) the various instruments may have been.
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