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Re: Louis & Cl clarinets

Author: IanH
Date: 2008-07-23 19:47

Thanks to all for the info. Great to find so many experts out there! I'd also found out the story about Louis sounding French like 'Loree'. Interesting they look like 10-10s with the smooth barrel rings. I played 10-10s until 1976. Now I play on 1967 R13s that turned up on someone's shelf unplayed for years. Now, the next question: Where do I go from here? First of all I should explain that I'm a professional clarinet player here in Durban South Africa, and in my spare time repair and restore instruments, so I'm easily capable of repadding these clarinets myself. However, I'm always too busy making a living repairing for customers to fix my own instruments! I also arrange music, teach, organise concert tours etc etc....
The instruments themselves are in very good shape. They must have been played until fairly recently as the pads are quite new, but I think they weren't overhauled very well so there are weak springs and leaks. Also they are very dry. There are two barrels, one short, and both are cracked. There's an original Louis mouthpiece too. The case is an old, probably original, Paxman 'box' style case.

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