Author: lifeforms
Date: 2006-05-17 22:50
Hi,
I'm learning the clarinet. Usual method for me is to buy a second hand cheap instrument, and teach myself. So far done it with the whistle, and flute with the flute being my main instrument in my local band.
But I decided to do it with a clarinet. I bought one, which was a let down, altho playable, but it does need work, so I ended up buying another one hoping for better results.
It's marked Corton on the bell. Bell is plastic, as is the mouth piece, but all other parts are black wood of some description. The ebay (!) Descrip said it had been looked after, and gone through 2 generations. OVerall in my very inexperienced eyes it looks ok, and I'm gonna ask a clarinetist to play it tomorrow, but is there any info out there about these clarinets?
Could it really have gone through 2 generations? Is it that old? Also there are no name markings on the three wood pieces, just on the bell. It fits very well, with none of the cork looking overly manky, or overly used. Its either been re-corked, or just not used all that much. Head joint (flute coming in here!) says (i think its) Brilhart special. There are two serial numbers, i guess, on the two main parts, but not on the part the mouth piece fits into. The serial numbers say 470 (with either an 8, or B above the serial number on the top part)
Does anyone have any info on this Clarinet?
by the by, the first clarinet I got was a Rudall Carte one, plastic tho. Think i'm gonna go play around with that, and see what i can "fix" on it.
Cheers!
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