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Author: nowherethis1
Date: 2009-09-10 22:44
I have an older wood clarinet with a "Jules Vanna" trademark, made in France and under that, "by A. Lambert". The bottom keywork is not what I usually see. There are four holes, three open (on the right) and one closed (on the left). The low F key closes the first two of the open holes. F# closes those two but opens the one on the left. I assume this arrangement was supposed to improve intonation. I also assume, given that this is the only one I've seen, that it never caught on.
However, I'm curious about the origins of the instrument. Is there any information available about the clarinet, about Jules Vanna, about A. Lambert.
Thanks
Don Crawford
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2009-09-10 22:55
Hmm, this looks like our Kohlert bass - kind of a "couble F/C" keys job. (the lower of those two is at the same height opposite of the F# key hole)
Never seen this on a soprano.
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Ben
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2009-09-10 23:03
I have seen a quite old Leblanc soprano Bb with this double F/C venting, supposed to improve the sound/pitch of the low G I believe. It is found also on some modern handmade German reform-Boehm system instruments.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2009-09-11 13:39
Your cl has the "Fork Eb/Bb" by virtue of the 7th ring and the small pad/cup near by as well as the "doubled F/C " pads/cups providing improved notes, as you correctly surmised. What does the register keying mechanism look like? If more complex than usual you may have one of a few cls made in accordance with Leon Leblanc's patent, which we have discussed earlier, make a Search and the pat # will be there. I have a cl-playing f[r]iend who loaned me his special cl, which I showed and discussed with Debbi Reever of the NMM, Vermillion S D, who wrote an artile about its history for an ICA Journal a couple of years ago. She knew of one similar in the Edinburgh collection, a gift from Shackleton. Congrats , Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2009-09-11 13:45
That clarinet looks very similar to an old Couesnon.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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