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Author: leonardA
Date: 2008-11-27 00:48
So often on the board I read about people having several clarinets. I'm just curious how many various people own and why so many? To keep it simple, let's just say how many Bb soprano clarinets do you have?
I have two--a Vito resotone that I bought when I started studying clarinet and a Buffet E-11 that I stepped up to about two years after that.
Leonard
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Author: richard1952
Date: 2008-11-27 01:15
I currently have two Leblanc LL's, a model 40 Noblet, a model 45 Noblet, two wooden Pedler's with seven rings, two wooden Pedlers with six rings, one ebonite Pedler. I had two more Pedler's that I recently donated to a program that provides instruments to school children.
The reason I have so many is that I like older vintage clarinets.
Richard
Phoenix,AZ
richardseaman@cox.net
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2008-11-27 02:41
4 Silver Key Plated recent model R-13's (2 of which are Prestiges), a Selmer 10G Bb (was Peter Simenaur's spare), and a Selmer Signature Bb.
Then there are the 3 Buffet Internationals, and Yamaha 34's that I have for students.
A Lyons, and a Kinderclari for little, little kids (my kids played em)
and lastly a Clear Buffet B-12 for breath fogging student demonstrations.
So 14 in total
I really only need 10 as that's a full set of bowling pins ......... 
http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com
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Author: blazian
Date: 2008-11-27 03:01
A Yamaha Allegro YCL-550AL
1½ Bundy clarinets (a complete one and a top joint)
An Evette and Schaeffer equivalent of the B-12
aaaand my notsogreat Artley which I plan on donating to some needy student
So four and a half
- Martin
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Author: Geirskogul
Date: 2008-11-27 06:27
1x Yamaha YCL-23N (pretty good, for plastic)
1x Yamaha YCL-52
1x "Paul Durand" vintage wooden clarinet (circa 1910s)
1x "Glenn Edward" CSO
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2008-11-27 06:55
Too many. :-)
Marigaux 351 RS (main honker)
Amati 211 (outdoors)
Amati 201 (wet outdoors)
Leblanc Stencil Metal Clarinet (outdoors, show)
These are the ones that I have around me and they are played regularly. In the attic there are two Bundy Mazzeos, a vintage full-Boehm Amati and a wooden Vito VSP waiting to be overhauled. A resotone Vito is currently loaned out to a band buddy.
The to-be-overhauled clarinets eventually get sold, or move up in the inventory and displace others.
I limited myself to enumerating only the Bbs...including the Eefer, the C, the alto and the two Basses it'd be 14 clarinets...
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Ben
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Author: clarionman
Date: 2008-11-27 07:06
2 Bb clarinet - 1 Buffet R13 and 1 King Tempo
1 A clartinet - Buffet R13
1 Eb clarinet - Buffet E11
2 Alto clarinets - 1 Selmer bundy and 1 Selmer USA
1 Contra alto clarinet - Selmer USA
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Author: Bassie
Date: 2008-11-27 09:55
Search for posts on Gear Acquisition Syndrome ('GAS') :-)
(I have only a pair of Selmer Paris and a plastic bass - does me fine - but endless mouthpieces, let's not even go there)
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2008-11-27 11:39
1.
I guess most people have 1 (or an A/Bb pair), and most of them will not record that here. So I wouldn't bother extrapolating any statistical significance form this thread. :-)
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Author: Tom Puwalski
Date: 2008-11-27 12:39
1. Eb buffet RC
1. c Buffet RC
2. Bb leblanc symphonies
1. A Leblanc symphonie
1. Bb plastic vito
1. Buffet prestige bass
7 total clarinets
1 Yss-62 soprano
1 82z alto
1 Prima Sankyo siversonic flute
2 WX5s wind controllers
1 EWI 4000s wind synth
6 total non clarinets
Ok now I'm thinking about what I should put up on Ebay!
Tom Puwalski The artist formerly known as Sarge
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Author: stevensfo
Date: 2008-11-27 13:01
Full Boehm Buffet R13 - indoor rehearsals and concerts
Hanson student - outside
Noblet 45
Normandy 10
Couesnon Conservatoire
Selmer Consort*
Yamaha 24ii *
Guy Humphrey in A
*Yamaha just gone to a charity. Selmer will go soon.
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Author: Chris J
Date: 2008-11-27 13:06
I'll play...
Wooden:
Leblanc Opus
Leblanc LL 18/7
Couesnon Monopole 1960's
Couesnon Monopole 1950's
Couesnon Hors Concourse
Evette and Schaeffer K series
Lebret
A couple of Edgwares to do up and move on
JTL C A=452
Martin Thibouville A A=430
Metal:
Silver King
Selmer Paris Bb
Selmer Paris A (full Boehm)
Bass:
Leblanc L400
Rudall Carte HP
[saxes Couesnon Monopole SATB with spare alto..., plus yanagisawa A600, Buescher TT sop)
Chris
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Author: hans
Date: 2008-11-27 14:13
Two - both Bb, one to play and one as a backup in case #1 needs work.(and 4 saxes)
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Author: modernicus
Date: 2008-11-27 14:15
Yamaha CS
Carl Fischer "Excelsior" (early 1900's-doughnut key)
Alexandre Paris metal 4 piece (1920-30's?))
Jerome Thibouville Lamy Albert High Pitch (late 1800's)
Jerome Thibouville Lamy Boehm High Pitch- (late 1800's)
Why do I have all of these? My Yamaha is my player (Got in new in High School, now I started playing again just for fun), but the other clarinets are just collectors. With anything I collect, I like the obscure, forgotten, neglected, and weird.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2008-11-27 14:39
Like you asked, sticking with Bb soprano clarinets - I have 4.
Why: One is my main clarinet. One was my main clarinet before, and is now my backup. I keep it because I decided it's worth having a backup. One was my main clarinet before the backup and is now the backup to the backup. I will probably sell that one eventually. The last one is a metal clarinet which I bought because I wanted a metal clarinet. I played it a little and still occasionally practice on it (has a pretty nice sound), but I don't really need it and in some ways regret buying it.
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2008-11-27 15:10
If I answered this question, I'd give Shadow Cat grounds to get me locked up. ;-)
Ah, but I've only got one Eb alto, only one EEb contra-alto clarinet and only one clarinet in C! Now, that doesn't look so bad....
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: Chris J
Date: 2008-11-27 15:19
I am assuming my wife doesn't read this BB....
After you have a certain number of cases lying around - another one doesn't get noticed (yet)
Chris
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2008-11-27 17:15
R13 Bb
Selmer Signature Bb
Selmer Series 9 Full Boehm Bb
Old metal Bb (from ex-father-in-law)
Albert Bb in need of overhaul
Albert Bb not getting overhaul cause it's HP
R13 A
C Albert
G Albert (Turkish)
Eb Noblet
Gemeinhardt 3SHB flute
Duduk
Piano
Accordion
Kantele
3 penny whistles
Czech whistle akin to D penny whistle, but wood
Sopilka
"Catspaws" wooden spoons
Guiro
Chinese metal-reed flute
Quena
I went overboard and listed all of my instruments cause I felt like it.
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Author: stevensfo
Date: 2008-11-27 17:58
-- "I am assuming my wife doesn't read this BB.... --"
;-)
Join the club!
At the beginning, my wife, who is totally, utterly uninterested in anything musical, called my collection 'those bloody flutes'!
Our children also started playing instruments, so the piano, guitars, trumpets and sax helped to shift her attention from the clarinets.
I won't mention the oboe, but the good thing is that it looks to her like a clarinet. I've been playing it for two years, but I guess that it still sounds like 'a bloody flute'!
Steve
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Author: Curinfinwe
Date: 2008-11-27 19:20
Wow. That's a lot of clarinets. I basically just have one, but kindsorta two. My main one is my lovely pre-1940 wooden Conn, and there's a Vito Resotone that I started out on, but belongs to a friend. I can use that whenever I need it.
I'm also planning on buying an Orsi and Weir soon, for university, and I would really like to buy a metal clarinet, but oh no, dearest mother won't let me get one that I won't play basically every day.
I'm assuming my mother doesn't read this!
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Author: thomas.b
Date: 2008-11-27 20:24
1. Dietz Orchestermodell (German)
2. Buffet E13
3. Buffet 11932-2 (Bass)
4. Hammerschmidt basset horn
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Author: Molloy
Date: 2008-11-27 21:06
A or Bb sopranos:
~50 Selmer
~10 Bettoney
~5 Penzel Mueller
~5 Conn
~5 Pedler
plus a few odds and ends
The Selmers are a full boehm pair and a standard boehm pair of most models (every model, someday...), a metal (standard) boehm and a metal albert, and a bunch of early 'Brevete' with a wide variety of keywork.
Why so many? There are three main reasons.
1) I learn about clarinets by trying them out.
2) I take risks at ebay that have sometimes paid off very nicely but have also left me with some instruments not worth the cost of restoring or the trouble of reselling.
3) I am pathologically acquisitive.
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Author: senior
Date: 2008-11-27 22:12
1 Lyrique Clarinet in A
I just sold a 1970's B & H Bb, Looking for a new Bb.
1 Alto sax
1 piano
1 keyboard
1 mandolin
1 penny whistle
2 guitars
4 ukuleles
7 wooden Native American Flutes
14 harmonicas
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Author: Jkelly32562
Date: 2008-11-27 22:47
1 Bb Selmer Series 10 S
1 Bb Selmer series 10 S II
1 1180 Buffet Bass Clarinet
and 2 old klunkers left over from marching band days........
So 5 here....
Jonathan Kelly
jkelly32562@troy.edu
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Author: Ebclarinet1
Date: 2008-11-28 00:00
Well I have one Bb, an R13 Buffet, but I mostly play the others:
Buffet Prestige Eefer
Buffet Prestige Alto
Leblanc Basset horn
Buffet Prestige bass
Selmer contra alto
I'm looking for an A as I'm borrowing one now. Haven't found one I've liked in the used department.
Find the others more challenging and in most of my jobs they want me to play the other ones too. Bb's abound.
Eefer guy
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Author: skygardener
Date: 2008-11-28 00:27
1 Eb, 7 Bb, 3 A, 1 Bb (Oehler System). Total- 12ish
It all started off with one and then I upgraded to a better clarinet because the first was really bad in a lot of ways. I kept upgrading by buying things on ebay and used clarinets from people I know. Most of them used to be my "main" clarinets, while I was saving money to buy something better. Maybe if I had a good set from the start, I would not have needed even one more...?
A couple are super cheap "no name" or "low name" that I used for repair experements with bore changes and intonation, etc. Those have been made into just about garbage, but I did learn a lot about intonation adjustment from them.
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Author: Tony Beck
Date: 2008-11-28 01:14
The really heavy hitters haven't posted!
Here's my contribution to the GAS problem. Actually I've recently divested a few to various school programs and band mates.
A: Leblanc Symphonie 3 17/6
Bb: Leblanc Symphonie 3 19/7
Couesnon Monopole (1953ish)
Kohlert Winnenden full boehm
Kohlert Kraslitz 17/6 (1930ish)
Kohlert LP 17/7
Selmer Signet Special (my High School horn)
Eb: Carl Fischer Buffet
Kohlert Kraslitz (1930ish)
Alto: Bundy
The next question is how many mouthpieces and barrels do folks have?
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Author: DAVE
Date: 2008-11-28 02:17
R13 Eb
Yamaha Custom Eb
Yamaha CSv Bb
Yamaha CS A
Buffet Prestige Bass
Buffet Bb Master Model
Cousenon Monopole in pieces
Selmer Centered Tone A
1899 Buffet Full Boehm that barely plays (got burned on *that* auction site)
Two Metal Clarinets
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Author: chris moffatt
Date: 2008-11-28 02:47
Boosey & Hawkes 2-20, 926 Imperial, Stratford, one edgeware as a parts donor
two couesnon
two pedler
Martin freres
Besson simple system
Couesnon Albert
Selmer bundy that i started on
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Author: atasic
Date: 2008-11-28 06:53
Selmer Recital in B-flat
Selmer Recital in A
Selmer 10 series basset clarinet in A
A. Uebel reform boehm E-flat
Buffet Rc Prestige in D
Wurlitzer in A, reform boehm
expecting Forte C clarinet ( ordered from CanyesXilema..)
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Author: xarkon
Date: 2008-11-28 13:24
Five, counting both Bb's and A's.
Selmer Signature set in Bb and A.
Selmer Centered Tone in Bb.
Selmer Series 9 in A.
Linton 3W in Bb (probably for sale, just don't need it).
I keep the older Selmers as backups in case the new ones need to be in the shop.
Guitarists can be much worse as collectors, I think. I was in a friend's shop one Saturday afternoon...he was busy conducting inventory and pricing because a collector had decided to thin out his collection a bit...by selling off some 70+ guitars.
Dave
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Author: Old Geezer
Date: 2008-11-28 15:00
All Bb: Penzel Mueller Brillante, Maitre ?, Buffet E11, Buffet R13 Vintage, Yamaha CSGH.
Getting ready to spring for an A and some kind of super Bb.
Someone stop me before I buy a Legacy or Tosca!
Clarinet Redux
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Author: baursak
Date: 2008-11-28 16:42
1. Buffet Bb RC Prestige Greenline
2. Buffet A RC Prestige Greenline
3. Buffet Bb RC Prestige
4. Buffet A RC Prestige
5. Buffet Bass clarinet RC Prestige
6. Linton Eb clarinet
7. cheap plastic Eb clarinet
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Author: John Jensen
Date: 2008-11-28 16:53
I have six clarinets.
1. Ridenour Lyrique (Which I must say, I'm completely infatuated with it).
2. Buffet E11
3. 2 Ridenour TR147s
4. My mom's evette from way back in the day that I started on.
5. A megacheap clarinet that my mom got on ebay for the case that actually didn't turn out to be that bad.
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Author: MichaelR
Date: 2008-11-28 17:33
Four:
Bundy
- Original clarinet, present from my wife, pawn shop rescue
Lyrique
- What I bought for myself after a year of playing
Ridenour 247
- Backup for the Lyrique
Bundy #2
- My in-laws got it at a garage sale for $1. It came with a killer wonderful case.
For completeness sake I have a Ridenour bass on order.
--
Michael of Portland, OR
Be Appropriate and Follow Your Curiosity
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Author: bill28099
Date: 2008-11-28 19:11
Bbs
1 Leblanc Cadenza tuned up by Morrie which I play everyday
1 42XXX Buffet that I learned on
2 Leblanc LLs one a full Boehm
1 Leblanc Dynamique, great playing horn
1 circa 1920 Buffet with doughnut key
As
1 Leblanc Symphonie II
1 Ridenour basset clarinet
2 circa 1920 Buffet with doughnut key
1 circa 1900 single piece full Boehm Buffet with doughnut key
1 Amati C
1 Normandy Eb
1 Malerne alto still in pieces after 3+ years
1 Conn bass playable but in need of major work
1 Buffet prestige bass to low C
1 Selmer 9 basset horn
A great teacher gives you answers to questions
you don't even know you should ask.
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Author: Claire Annette
Date: 2008-11-28 20:56
Three, all Bb:
Buffet R13
Ridenour T147
A piece of junk that was given to me that I keep around for parts
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Author: Cindyr
Date: 2008-11-28 22:45
Selmer Series 9
Yamaha 34 (Just got back today, overhauled)
Yamaha YCL 250
Buffet B-12 (older style--1986, got back today)
JTL's from the 1880's, A and B set
Pedler from 1930's, my high school clarinet
I had more, but I'm happy now with my current collection. I don't really need the B-12, but it sounds pretty nice for a plastic clarinet, and I love the older style case.
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Author: susieray
Date: 2008-11-28 23:21
Bb- 3 (Buffet R13's)
A- 1 (Buffet R13)
Eb- 2 (Selmer Centered Tone and Buffet R13)
C- 1 (Ridenour Arioso)
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2008-11-29 12:31
William wrote,
>One short of having my wife divorce me.
>
Fortunately, my husband is an enabler. We carry walkie-talkies at flea markets, the better to foster each other's manias. He doesn't ask me how many clarinets and saxophones I've got. I don't ask him how many flashlights, wristwatches and fountain pens he's got. ;-)
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: leonardA
Date: 2008-11-29 23:46
This has been interesting. Thank you all for responding. I wonder how those of you who have several decide which one to play when--other than the obvious wood indoors and plastic outdoors.
Leonard
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Author: marshall
Date: 2008-11-30 07:32
My "professional" instruments are:
R13 Bb
Festival A
R13 Eb
I have a bunch of plastic ones around, along with an intermediate Leblanc (a Regency model...it's apparently only available through a small chain around Michigan...I never really could find any literature on it). These ones I mostly keep around for sentimental value.
My current set that I use seems pretty sporadic. The Bb and A really don't match each other at all as far as sound or feel goes. I wasn't really looking for an A to match my Bb when I was shopping, mostly because I picked out my Bb at WWBW when I was a junior in highschool, and consequently, it's not that great of an instrument. I'd love to start shopping for a new Bb (I really had my heart set on a Festival that I played at MSU's clarinet day in '07, and I may have the means by which to track it down, AKA the serial number and the vendor it went to after clarinet day), but, being an undergrad in college, I really don't have the means by which to do so. That, and I just got my Eb. It's a used vintage instrument (I think when I checked the serial number it placed it somewhere in '77), so I got it at a cheaper price (less than 2k), but it still put a big enough dent (for lack of a more appropriate word...crater would probably work) in my bank account that I'll be playing my current Bb for the next few years.
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Author: blazian
Date: 2008-11-30 23:41
Oops! Just acquired another 6 sopranos!
Since everybody seems to be posting their non-sopranos:
3 Bundy basses
an old Pedler Custom Built
a Bundy contralto
an eefer CSO
And for non-clarinets:
3 piccolos (but no flutes?)
piano
keyboard
a million recorders
- Martin
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Author: Sambo 933
Date: 2008-11-30 23:48
I have 2, but I'm still in high school
My main clarinet is a LeBlanc Ambiance
My backup is a Buffet Evette
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Author: Pam H.
Date: 2008-12-01 00:51
I know it's a rarity on this board - only one. My R-13 Bb.
I'd like to get a back-up one of these days. A friend of mine told me about a used horn he has and will sell so maybe I'll check that one out.
Like many others on here, I know we're not supposed to list them all but rounding out the arsenal of horns: Older Evette Bass clarinet that I got from Dave S., a Chu-berry alto sax and a yamaha flute. All get played pretty regularly. I'd like to find a nice tenor sax one of these days too.
My hubby has an expensive hobby or two as well so we try to "keep it fair" as far as new acquisitions!
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Author: Blake Arrington
Date: 2008-12-01 01:47
I'll bite...
Personal horns:
Sopranos:
1 Eb R13
2 Buffet R13 (Bb and A)
2 Plastic Bundys
1 no name parts horn
I also have some work horns:
Set of Toscas
Set of R13s
R13 Greenline Bb
other plastic marching horns
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Author: jim lande
Date: 2008-12-01 03:46
I collect metal clarinets and have more than sixty. Most are not restored. My regulars include some Penzel Muller double walled models, a Silva Bet full boehm, a Silva Bet in A, a couple Conn 524s. Also in the collection are some silver kings, a King MicroSonic, some Bueschers (730 and 740), some Selmer including a full boehm, a Triebert double walled, some Conn high pitch Wonder models (albert) and the low pitch Armored; Haynes in A, Bb and Eb; and two no name models from the 1800s, one of which almost certainly was made by Oliver Ditson while still in England and a high pitched Eb with only 6 paddle keys. I have a few other alberts -- a Silva Bet, a Buescher, and one in A but I forget the make.
I plan to do a complete inventory and then reduce the collection somewhat when I retire.
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2008-12-01 11:53
Hi Everyone,
Help me here, please. Why is it important to know how many clarinets someone has?
I don't get it.
HRL
PS I have more than one clarinet and sax BTW. I really don't care to divulge information on anything of value that I own on a public bulletin board. Am I being too "old-fashioned?"
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Author: Nessie1
Date: 2008-12-01 13:06
Hank Lehrer wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Help me here, please. Why is it important to know how many
> clarinets someone has?
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> I don't get it.
>
> HRL
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> PS I have more than one clarinet and sax BTW. I really don't
> care to divulge information on anything of value that I own on
> a public bulletin board. Am I being too "old-fashioned?"
It's just a bit of fun and interest, Hank, but noone has to participate if they don't want to.
I have just one pair of B&H Symphony 1010s. I would like to upgrade when I can afford it as they are pretty elderly but will probably keep them as a back-up. They were much improved recently with a new mouthpiece (Mike Lomax).
On a completely different subject, your name started me thinking that someone should do a clarinettist's song a bit like Tom Lehrer's one about the periodic table -
"There's Mitchell Lurie, Rico Royal, Reeds Australia, Vandoren
There's even Steur french cut ones if you can get your hands on 'em
You try a Genusa or a BG Revelation,
or tie it on with string, now that's a tricky operation!"
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2008-12-01 16:29
I like the Tom Lehrer style verse (I know his work well) and see great promise for you if you happen to also have the appropriate piano skills.
Nice work. And so Gilbert & Sullivan.
Here is my humble attempt
"I have Buffet, Lurie, Yami plus some very great old instruments
My Selmers are an envy with all their fancy accouterments
Bonade and Luyben ligatures plus some Portnoy vintage mouthpieces
My junk drawer's getting crowded and I'm running out of spaces."
sung to the tune of Tom Lehrer's Elements ditty mentioned above
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2008-12-02 13:15
Nessie1 and Hank Lehrer, bravo!
I like owning old clarinets and learning to restore them because they're an affordable cross-section of musical history. I've got very little money tied up in my vintage clarinets and I don't much worry about exposing their value on the Internet because the world considers most of the clarinets I own obsolete, rather than antique. Even the antiques are worth very little compared to, say, antique violins. Clarinets, unlike fiddles, do not improve with age! I find the variations in clarinet construction, including the intonation compromises, fascinating. Clarinets are more mechanically complicated than, say, trombones or trumpets. I like looking at them, tinkering with them, cleaning them up and making them playable.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2008-12-02 13:17
Gordon,
Too funny. Thanks. I think that Nessiel and I have continued the Tom Lehrer legacy in a more clarinet-like way.
Hank Lehrer (no relation)
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Author: bbarner
Date: 2008-12-03 19:02
1.5.
The Buffet my father bought me in 1967 and half of an Albert system clarinet.
Bill Barner
http://www.billbarner.com
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Author: Igonzalez
Date: 2008-12-04 00:43
Absolutelly.....
I should check at home but.... just too many
As main set,
1 Bb Selmer Recital
1 A Selmer Recital
1 C Selmer series 9
1 Eb Selmer Series 9 (thanks John)
1 Bass cl Selmer 33 model (low C) older one keys model
and..........
another one Bb Selmer Recital
1 Bb leblanc Symp.
1 Bb Buffet RC full boem
1 B&H 1010
1 Bb forte
1 Bb buffet e11
1 C buffet
1 Selmer Bassethorn
1 Eb noblet
1 Bb Yamaha (Plastic y can not remind the model.... so sorry)
1 bass cl Selmer 33 (just low Eb)
1 Bb mazzeo bundy
..........
Some modern copies of ancien (Lotz, Grenser..) clarinets, some oehler syst clarinets (i can not remind the brands...)
Too many...
I must stop.....
If anyone ask about how many mouthpieces.... I would need too many lines.
Just Ivan....
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Author: kenabbott
Date: 2008-12-04 01:05
19
Bb Selmer Paris
Bb Selmer BT
Bb Selmer CT
Bb Selmer 9
Bb Selmer 10G
Bb Buffet R13 FB
Leblanc Alto
Leblanc Bass
Bundy Contraalto
Vito Contrabass
Bb Patricola
A Patricola
C Patricola
Eb Patricola
Bb Rossi
Antique metal
Antique Eb
Signet 100
Conn hard rubber
+ Bass, Bari, Tenor, C melody, Alto, Bb soprano, C soprano, sopranino
+ oboe + EH
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Author: Cosmicjello
Date: 2008-12-04 04:16
I don't have too many but as I was thinking about it, I kept remembering more.
Eb: R13
5 Bb's: Tosca, R13, Yamaha YCL-81 Custom, Evette Master, Noblet 45
3 A's: Tosca, R13, Yamaha CS
2 Basses: Leblanc LL, Jupiter CBC-670
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Author: Jim Harper ★2017
Date: 2008-12-04 13:53
Eb:
Buffet: R13
C’s:
Arioso
Patricola: Rosewood
Henry Gunckel: Wood, Albert System
Bb’s:
Bettoney: Silva Bet
Buffet: R13
Haynes: Silver, Double-walled (SN 147)
Rossi: Cocobolo, American bore
A’s:
Buffet R13
Fernand Chapelain 1880-1917
G:
Rekor: Metal Albert system
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Author: Kalakos
Date: 2008-12-04 22:02
Too many, but I sold off a lot of them.
The main ones I play:
Buffet (not Crampon) Albert C (99.9 % of the time I play this one)
Buffet Albert A
Buffet Albert Bb
Karl Hammerschmidt Albert G
All with no rings on upper joint.
Kalakos
Kalakos
Kalakos Music
http://www.TAdelphia.com
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Author: angellove1912
Date: 2008-12-10 02:14
I have a red vito clarinet, a clear luctie buffet crampton, a silver one, a black student model and an Eb (baby).
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Author: EuGeneSee
Date: 2008-12-10 03:41
10 Bb soprano
1 A full boehme
1 C soprano
1 little eefer
1 alto
1 bass
3 oldie basswoods
(had 3 more Bb's, but a tornado got 'em)
All together -- too many!
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Author: bluemoose
Date: 2008-12-10 03:51
3 Bb- R13 (Main)
E11 (backup)
Armstrong Student (for when I decide to take a clarinet apart to see how it works )
1 A- R13
Other than really wanting a bright green/pink/blue plastic clarinet, I think I'll be OK for a little while.
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Author: ned
Date: 2008-12-11 04:27
''http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmwlzwGMMwc&feature=related''
Very amusing Gordon!
For another good laugh listen to ''NaCl'' written and performed by the Canadian duo of Kate & Anna McGarrigle - it's the story of 2 atoms falling in love!?
This song is on a CD entitled ''The McGarrigle Hour" (1998). It's full of other great melodies. That's just an opinion, of course.
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1 x Buffet Albert system + 7 or 8 other assorted non-functioning pieces.
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Author: lobooboe45
Date: 2008-12-11 18:19
Number of clarinets: My old Voss, looks like buffet knock-off, still used as backup horn. New one: Leblanc Rapsodie, which I really love to play. Arioso C ' also a delight to play mainly at church. I also bought an A clarinet,which still is being resuscitated. More recently I bought an old Kohlert hard rubber Bass. I am still working on technique so it sounds like a clarinet in the clarion register rather than tenor sax. Five clarinets, 2 oboes , 6 recorders; and a partridge in a pear tree. My wife has contemplated using these clarinets on me in an endoscopic manner. Ouch!
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Author: awm34
Date: 2008-12-11 19:19
Bflat
Selmer 10G
Normandy 4
Ridenour 147
A
Preufer
C
Forte
Happened (Tuesday) to browse the dreaded auction site and found the 147 listed at $49 with no bidders and slightly more than one hour remaining. Success? I guess so. It arrived Wednesday (!) and plays pretty well.
Alan Messer
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Author: 78s2CD
Date: 2008-12-12 04:00
I'm in with a total of six, but only one Bb - Buffet R13 Vintage.
Others:
Eb - Buffet R13
A - Leblanc Dynamique
C - Amati
Basset Horn - Leblanc 315S (ex Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Bass - Noblet (Three digit serial number)
Number played in public in the past month: 5
Largest number played in a single performance: 3
James C. Lockwood
Rio Rico AZ
"I play a little clarinet"
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2008-12-12 11:51
More than enough to get the job done, but oddly... still not enough! ![[grin]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie5.gif)
Jeff
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
"A drummer is a musician's best friend."
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Author: edgar
Date: 2008-12-13 21:57
The clarinets I have:
1 Bb Soprano Selmer Paris 10 (full Boehm, System Marchi)
1 Bb Soprano A.Robert standard
1 Bb Soprano A.Robert enhanced (articulated C#/G#)
1 Bb Soprano Malerne standard
2 A Soprano A.Robert standard
1 Bb Bass Selmer Paris (no model on the instrument, from ca.1980)
and:
2 Saxophones (Selmer Action III, Yamaha YTS 872)
3 Oboes
I am very interested to hear from other players of the Selmer (Paris) 10 System Marchi - or am I the last active player of that system?
Edgar Huckert
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Author: clariniano
Date: 2008-12-14 06:49
Two--my Bb and A. Though I'm looking to add a C clarinet, possibly an Eefer and/or bass, but not until after I get a new piano (which we're doing around boxing day, after a couple of families who pay for lessons by the semester, one for 3 kids, one for 2, hand the payments next week, and not until after I move again in the spring.
Meri
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Author: claribari
Date: 2008-12-14 20:55
I have:
2 Bb's: a Yamaha something-or-other, and a 1967 Buffet R13
2 Eb's: a Weimer something-or-other in Boehm system, and a 1890 Buffet in Albert System
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Author: dgclarinet
Date: 2008-12-15 19:51
One past the point of my wife divorcing me, but she plays also, so if I don't tell her exact numbers, she's ok.
Most of my Bb's are Buffets, but my favorite two horns are a Yamaha Eb and a Selmer alto (it's my goal in life to play professional alto clarinet...still looking for that job...I'll post when I find it).
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Author: Iceland clarinet
Date: 2008-12-16 11:06
I'll play the game though it scares me how far this has gone.
I have two plastic clarinets:
older Yamaha(about 25 years old at least) and in need of new pads,springs,corks and everything(so I don't want to spend an overhaul on i)
14 year old Buffet B-12 that hasn't been played much for the last 6-8 years. 2 wooden Bb's
Two Wooden Bb's:
Buffet Festival bought in 2005 (my main instrument)
Buffet R-13 Prestige from 1994 (Backup)
One Wooden A:
Buffet R-13 Prestige from 1994(Very good instrument)
And Finally one Eefer
Wooden 1975 Buffet in need of overhaul(no model just mib result on the Buffet site).
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Author: BrianChau
Date: 2009-11-04 05:52
I only have one wooden horn, but this works for me perfectly fine (as I am a high school student):
Leblanc/Backun Cadenza LB130 (2009)
My plastic backup (and for the occasional outdoor playing):
Jupiter 631 (2003)
Brian Chau
University of British Columbia Concert Winds
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Author: cigleris
Date: 2009-11-04 07:33
Ok,
I own:
Bb/A Peter Eaton Elites
Bb/A 7 keyed classical clarinets by Levin and Silverstein after Grenser
C 7 keyed clarinet by Steve Fox after Grenser
Selmer 10s basset clarinet in A
In my possession but not mine:
Classical Basset Horn (borrowed)
Selmer Basset Horn narrow bore (borrowed)
Peter Cigleris
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Author: Eddydavik
Date: 2009-11-04 12:01
Selmer CL200 and CL500 at my dad's house in California (clarinets used up through college).
The CL500 is actually two different clarinets (same model, different years) as this one was stolen out of a locker room in junior high school, only to find half of it lying in someone's front yard a week later. So the other half was ordered from the manufacturer.
With me that I use now are a Selmer Series 9 (u model) Bb and a Selmer 55 full boehm A
Edward Escobar
Suita City Wind Ensemble
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Author: DixieSax
Date: 2009-11-04 14:01
Bb Clarinets
1 Buffet R-13
1 Buffet BC20 Full Boehm
1 Leblanc LL Special partial full Boehm (no low Eb or LH Eb)
1 Couesnon Monopole
1 Bundy
A Clarinets
1 Buffet BC20 partial full Boehm (no low Eb)
1 Couesnon Monopole
Other Clarinets
1 Noblet in Eb
1 Conn in C
1 Malerne/Jean Cartier Bass Clarinet
1 Early 1800s 8 key boxwood, "John Parker, London"
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Author: William
Date: 2009-11-04 14:14
One clarinet short of a divorace--as in, "If you buy ONE MORE STUPID CLARINET, you can pack your..... (you know the rest)"
[Shhh] ...........so I went and bought an *intelligent* clarinet-a vintage Buffet R13 A #89XXX. Then (or *when*), she finds out, I can appeal to her sense of humor. Fortunately, it is as good as mine..........
What?????
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Author: lrooff
Date: 2009-11-04 14:34
Hmmm.. let's see...
Buffet B-12
Vito Dazzler in white
two Pedler full Boehm
an Artley that I turned into a lamp
a no-name Simple System clarinet
Vox Bb (Vito stencil)
no-name wooden Eb
Buffet Alto
Malerne Bass
Bundy Contra Alto
and, of course, my beloved Linton bassoon, as well as an old six-key wooden flute I'm restoring.
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Author: TianL
Date: 2009-11-04 19:06
I got 2, both Bb
1 R13 greenline
1 Ridenour Lirique 576
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Author: John Peacock
Date: 2009-11-04 19:45
To set the upper limit to this, I was lucky enough to know Nick Shackleton, and to have the chance to play chamber music using examples from his collection. At that time (about 1980), he probably had only a couple of hundred clarinets, but by the time he died in 2006 he was up to around 900 (not all Bflat...). There is a magnificent printed catalogue (which I'm happy to say is produced by my own University of Edinburgh, who inherited the collection), which illustrates the astonishing variety of technical solutions that instrument makers have tried over the years (http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/ucis.html).
Even pre-Shackleton, Edinburgh already had a nice collection of antique instruments (which are beautifully illustrated and discussed on the web: http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/ugw/ugwf1a.html), so that probably makes over 1000 in the one place.
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2009-11-04 20:22
One fewer than yesterday.
Evette Master Model
Ridenour Lyrique 576bc
Jeff
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2009-11-04 22:47
Primary rotation:
Selmer Series 10
Selmer Series 9
Selmer Centered Tone
1930s Kohlert (Graslitz)
For loan to public school students in need (for whatever reason):
You can retire and there are some people in the field who don't belong there so don't deserve the title, but there is no such thing as a "former" teacher--
Relatively recent Bundy Resotone
1920s wooden M Dupont
My brother:
R-13
Selmer Centered Tone
Vito Dazzler in Red (for the 4th of July parade on Vinalhaven Island in Maine)
1920s? Albert System
1830 Boxwood 12 key
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Author: Joarkh
Date: 2009-11-05 07:17
I own a pair of Buffet Festivals, which are great.
Joar
Clarinet and saxophone teacher, clarinet freelancer
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Author: ned
Date: 2009-11-06 01:13
Struth.......here we go again!
answer = 8
playable = 2
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Author: USFBassClarinet
Date: 2009-11-06 01:28
Just one Bb and my bass. But thats not saying I don't constantly look at other clarinets and go..."i want that..." but my account is already empty as a poor college kid.
(I regularly drool over having a selmer rosewood contrabass.)
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Author: concertmaster3
Date: 2009-11-06 01:46
Hmmmm.....3 Bb's...
My main is a Couesnon
Before that a Henry Gunkel
and before that....a JinYin...classified as a CSO but still plays pretty good for me!
I probably only have 3 Bb's because of the rest of the instruments...lol
1 A Clarinet (the pair to the Couesnon)
A Venus Flute, and Piccolo
Fox Oboe
3 Alto Saxes, a Tenor Sax and a Soprano
2 Violins and a Viola
and on loan from some friends....
An Altus Flute that I hope to buy!
A Conn Bassoon....
I THINK that's all of them.....that takes up the 2nd bedroom in the condo lol
Ron Ford
Woodwind Specialist
Performer/Teacher/Arranger
http://www.RonFordMusic.com
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Author: golfnclarinet
Date: 2009-11-06 16:34
1. 1972 Buffet R13, Bb
2. Leblanc Opus, Bb : (my son)
3. Selmer 10G, A
4. Amati ACL351S, C
5. Vintage metal, Bb: playable but in the closet
6. Selmer Signet, Bb : plays very well, ready on the stand in the living room, grab & play & put it back anytime I want
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Author: allencole
Date: 2009-11-07 19:16
Well, let's see...
My original Conn plastic clarinet
Selmer Centered Tone Bb Clarinet - took me all through high school
1978 Buffet R-13 - for sale!
Buffet R13 Eb clarinet - my old bandleader bought it at a flea market!
Buffet B12 plastic clarinet - for giving kids trial lessons
Yamaha YCL-221 bass clar. (1-piece--for use in student ensembles)
Yamaha YCL-221 bass clar. (newer 2-piece--for me!)
Buffet R13 Greenline Bb & A -- my primaries...now in their 4th year!
Lyons C Clarinet (Nuvo Clarineo black/silver) - just purchased. Fun!
Allen Cole
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Author: Bill
Date: 2009-11-08 16:04
Just the one.
Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)
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Author: RoBass
Date: 2010-03-11 09:24
Just for fun (all Boehm in Bb):
2 chinese/taiwanese plastic clarinets (17/6) branded "Weinbereger" and "Durbin" (appr. 2000-2006;-)
1 ebonite noname model 19/7 (eventually military model of Amati) without full Eb (appr. 1975-1985)
1 Amati maestro M500 20/7 with low Eb (appr. 1975)
All instruments are in use.
and 1 russian "Orfei" 17/6 (appr. 1990)
But this baby isn't useable due to the very sad manufacturing ;-)
kindly
Roman
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Author: dansil
Date: 2010-03-11 11:22
my original Suzuki student crap model (any offers??)
Ridenour 576BPro Bb, nice intonation but the sound is a bit sterile!
Leblanc Symphonie III Bb (1964) now fully reconditioned but "feels" stiff/tight
Leblanc Paris Bass to Eb (1974) velvet
Leblanc Rapsodie Bb - a joy to play but a bit "brash"
Selmer Raymond Bb (metal) early 1930s lovely sweet/mellow tone & good intonation with correct MP
Leblanc L7 bought very recently on "the auction" & on it's way, I hope!
Danny
a family doctor in Castlemaine, rural Victoria, Australia for the past 30+ years, also a plucked string musician (mandolin, classical guitar) for far too long before discovering the clarinet - what a missed opportunity!
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Author: Simon Aldrich
Date: 2010-03-11 13:46
Since I have a few minutes to kill over breakfast...
Luckily the original question was how many Bbs do you own, otherwise the list would get long.
Buffet R13 Prestige
another Buffet R13 Prestige
H. Grenser 7-key copy by Levin & Silverstein (with A clarinet corps de rechange)
Einsenbrandt 1785 5-key copy A440 by Guntram Wolf
Lotz 5-key copy on its way (the reason for selling the Wolf Eisenbrandt)
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Simon Aldrich
Clarinet Faculty - McGill University
Principal Clarinet - Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
Principal Clarinet - Orchestre de l'Opera de Montreal
Artistic Director - Jeffery Summer Concerts
Clarinet - Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
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Author: Paul Miller
Date: 2010-03-11 14:56
How many.... let's see...
current equipment:
Bb Schwenk & Seggelke M1000
A Schwenk & Seggelke M1000
Eb R13
Bb R13 Prestige Low C Bass
old equipment:
Bb R13 Prestige
Bb R13
A R13
Bb Selmer Signet
A Selmer Signet
Bb plastic POS from Costco
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Author: 78s2CD
Date: 2010-03-14 01:13
I have a total of six clarinets, but only one of any pitch. How's that for restraint?
Jim Lockwood
Rio Rico AZ
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2010-03-14 02:03
Two at present: one grenadilla and one hard rubber. That means there's still room in the stable for ones made of other woods, too....right? ![[toast]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smiley15.gif)
Jeff
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Author: GLHopkins
Date: 2010-03-14 02:39
I have 10 Bb clarinets that are currently in playable condition. A few others awaiting overhauls. My R-13 "Vintage" and my mid 60s R-13 are my main players. I one other Buffet top line, a couple of E-13s, one LL, a CT, a white Vito Dazzler for when I'm out marching naked down the middle of the street at midnight and a couple of Accent (B-12 in disguise) plastic clarinets I plan on donating next fall.
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Author: PeterPC
Date: 2010-03-14 19:46
1 x Unknown 1930 MP Lelandais
1 x Kohlert
1 x J.Albert
1 x Moritz Max Monnig (A-clarinet)
2 x R.Uebel
2 x A. Uebel
1 x R13
1 x RC
1 x Hammerschmidt
1 x Capital (metal)
1 x Selmer serie 9
1 x Hofinger (A-clarinet) (1900)
1 x Kessels
Most clarinets are Albert system.
1 Bassoon Riedl (next year complete overhaule)
1 Bassoon Chinese
1 x Bundy Alto
1 x Couesnon (C-clarinet)
1 x Noblet (es clarinet)
and 2 beautiful guitars (Ovation and Hagstrom)
Why so many ? I just love it !
Peter
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Author: Ursa
Date: 2010-03-14 20:24
I own three, with one on the way:
1. Normandy, unnumbered original model, '50s vintage, unplated german silver keywork. Backun MoBa 67mm grenadilla barrel: I love the sound, it plays in tune, holds its regulation well, and the keywork feels just right and fits my hands perfectly. What's not to like?
2. Vito 7214: For outdoors jobs. Very decent sound, but the action's kinda heavy compared to the Normandy. The best plastic job I could find back in 1994.
3. Pan American Brilliante metal, three-piece, double-wall bell: A gift from my sister. It has a zesty, robust sound and is a screamer in the Altissimo register. The keywork is a bit awkward for the right hand. I need to get it re-regulated.
On the way: a Ridenour Lyrique 576BC. I'm playing outdoors almost exclusively these days, and wanted to upgrade from the Vito 7214. I ordered a Leblanc 7250 (rebadged Vito V-40) to upgrade the Vito, but the one I received was so poorly made I sent it right back. The Lyrique seemed like the most logical alternative.
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Author: Rusty
Date: 2010-03-14 21:41
Wow ! never heard of so many weird clarinets. Also thought we were only counting B flats.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2010-03-14 21:53
Rusty wrote:
> Wow ! never heard of so many weird clarinets.
Weird clarinets? You should see their owners!
(FWIW I now have a second 351 Marigaux, sold the two Amatis but have two Vito VSPs and a Bundy Mazzeo instead.)
--
Ben
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Author: trice035
Date: 2010-03-15 17:22
1. 2008 Selmer Artys
2. 1963 Selmer 9*
3. 1959 Buffet R13 (sale pending)
4. Leblanc w/ Stubbins mechanism
5. Yamaha YCL-32
6. 1970s plastic Evette
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Author: Rusty
Date: 2010-03-15 19:48
Maybe I`m one of the weird ones but what are Vito VSPs? Got a couple of Vitos std. and plateau and Oh yes a Yam CSG
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2010-03-15 21:46
Info on Vito VSP here:
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=191990&t=191990
Jeff
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Author: fruitbat
Date: 2010-03-16 10:36
Bb Cl. Wurlitzer Reform Boehm
BBb G.R.Uebel Reform Boehm Bass
Eb Amati
C Malerne
don't need more...
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Author: Alexandre
Date: 2010-03-17 14:47
Well, I don't really appreciate this topic, but moving on...
I have two Bb clarinets, one is mine and the other a band leader gave it to me.
They're both Buffet and the second one is just in case something happens to my clarinet.
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Author: Molloy
Date: 2010-03-17 14:57
Twice as many as last time I posted in this thread, but still only two alto clarinets. And none in G or D, I need to do something about that.
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Author: miclew
Date: 2011-12-12 16:35
I thought would bring this thread back to life since my post was removed and I was told to do a search.
I would also like to know if you are a hobbyist or a professional. I am a hobbyist and I have 1 clarinet.
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Author: Laurelin
Date: 2011-12-12 20:02
Hobbyist, for now. Don't know if that'll change.
I have three - my first, currently taken apart, clarinet is a Leblanc vito from 1996. I also have a Buffet R13 from 2001, and I recently bought an advanced Boehm A clarinet with the original Leblanc stamp that is probably from somewhere in the 1930s.
Yes, I want more. I find that having even three is pretty impressive with my crappy finances, though.
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Author: Loliver
Date: 2011-12-12 20:10
Bb:
Yamaha CSV
Buffet E13*
Yamaha 450
Yamaha 26II
A: F. Buisson Stencil, a wooden model, god knows what it is... had AMAZING tone and control...best clarinet I've ever played probably...but aesthitically looked like someone had driven over it*
other stuff...
Howarth S45c Oboe
Howarth S2 Oboe (In pieces...)
Buffet Artiste Oboe*
Boosey & Hawkes Imperial Cor Anglais
* indicates it was sold... :( ...made little sense to hold onto instruments I was never going to play again!
So badly want that Buisson back....or an Eb clarinet
Oh, and I guess I'm a hobbyist...but havent played clarinet for over a year :/
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Author: davkt
Date: 2012-10-14 20:11
Just a hobbiest player but have a few clarinets and without going and searching them out would have a pretty hard job listing all the musical instruments of all types in the house.
Clarinet wise the kids have got:
Amati Bb, cheap but plays pretty well plastic clarinet
Lyons C clarinet for the little one
I've got
Buffet E11, bough new sometime around 1990.
B&H Imperial 926 bought yesterday, it comes in a buffet case which I guess is about as old as it is, think someone was trying to fool the Buffet mafia?
Also have a Trevor James Alto Sax, traded a Bundy bass clarinet for that, wish I hadn't! May have to see if I can do a trade the the other way!
Must admit when clarinet shopping just recently (as the kids have their eye on my lovely E11) I was looking at new E13s, the equivalent Yamaha or used R13s but when I came across the the B&H I took a bit of persuading to give it try but WOW, knew I'd got to have it within about the first half dozen notes. Rather glad I did as it cost lest than half of anything else I had considered! But then clarinets are very personal things aren't they?
When I bought the E11 it took most of an afternoon to pick which of the half dozen clarinets I wanted and at least half that time to decide between the last two E11s! When the other first clarinet and me at the local orchestra managed to pick up each others instruments, both E11s bought from the same shop a few weeks apart and only about 20 different in serial number, both with B45 mouthpieces and we put our own reeds on them, it was a disaster, suddenly way out of tune, keys not feeling right, missing the high notes!
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2012-10-14 20:52
Currently I have:
B & H Emperor x 2 (1 x wood, 1 x hard rubber)
B & H 1010 (wood)
B & H 926 Imperial (wood)
Couesnon (wood)
A. Robert (wood)
Bundy Mazzeo (Plastic)
Conn (metal)
Buffet Eb (Metal, Albert)
No Name C, (wood, Albert)
Buffet E11 x 2
Besson Westminster (wood)
Selmer Omega, Paris (wood)
Lyon C
Kinder Klari Eb
B & H pocket cornet (fake, made in Pakistan)
Yamaha Alto sax
These I consider a being mine. I also have an assortment of mostly Yamahas, Buffets, Bueschers, Vitos and Jupiters which I have for sale. This list changes as instruments are sold. Sometimes instruments from the first list are offered for sale as they are replaced by better or more interesting acquisitions, or if I come under overwhelming pressure from my long-suffering wife.
Tony F.
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Author: Paula S
Date: 2012-10-15 11:11
1 pair of Peter Eaton Mark 1's 1985
1 pair of B&H 1010s
1 pair of F.A Uebel 811's
1 pair of B&H Edgwares
( Yes I know ....... I could never buy a pair of shoes without the matching handbag either ;-)
However
1 Bb B&H Emperor
1 Bb B&H Regent
1 B&H Emperor flute
Also numerous recorders hiding somewhere in the back of a cupboard.
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Author: davkt
Date: 2012-10-15 13:53
Paula S, how have you manged to keep to so few with Windblowers just round the corner?
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Author: Paula S
Date: 2012-10-15 17:35
I work near them but live further away so temptation can be abated I might however look into a professional level flute at some point! :-)
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Author: Late_returner
Date: 2012-10-15 18:12
A related question .. I have 4 clarinets in wood, one main R 13 and I try to play the others about once per week, cos I was told long silent periods might be bad for the wood. I was also told that pads dont suffer, so i dont need to worry about my plastic Bb and Bundy rubber Bass.
You also see makers recommending a gentle run in period for a new clarinet, and one that has been in the attic for a long time.
Is this ( wood drying out ) a real concern ? and if you have a lot ( 30 +has been mentioned) how on earth can you schedule so many ? Or does it not matter if you leave them for years, but run them in when bringing them back to life ?
If there is a real problem, what's the advice on max period a wooden clarinet can be left unplayed ?
Thanks
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Author: davkt
Date: 2012-10-15 18:31
Paula, they are an eternal source of temptation though aren't they? Thankfully they are about 30 miles from home and I now work 35 miles in the opposite direction. Last time I went in to buy some reeds I ended up spending over £100 on some reeds (and a pomorico mouthpiece and rovner ligature to go with them ;-) )
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Author: Rafi
Date: 2012-10-15 20:08
Ok,
In my endless quest for the perfect sound, (perfect to me that is) I got:
Pair of selmer Paris 10s
Two bb selmer Paris 9*
Selmer ct p series
Two bb r13 golden age
Two bb s1 golden age
Leblanc big easy
Leblanc opus ii in key of A
Pair of frank hammerschmidt boehm
Pair Fritz Wurlitzer Schmidt Kolbe
Pair of h Wurlitzer 188
Pair of h Wurlitzer 185 with e/f improvement
Kinderklari for my kids
Total of 20 or so instruments, oh yes the search is over with the Wurlitzer 185.
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Author: Paula S
Date: 2012-10-16 20:09
Hi davkt, yes I can see it is easy to walk in there and blow a lot of dosh without even trying. However I think I now have my dream clarinets but do rather fancy a Clarineo for a laugh ;-)
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Author: davkt
Date: 2012-10-16 21:10
Yup Paula, particularly when they start to recognise you and know how to tempt you as with innocent sounding 'we've just got these in, give one a try and tell us what you think' that resulted in the pomorico! The kids Lyons is quite a fun thing (if a little squeaky at times in the hands of 8 year old Chloe!) Though it does cause some arguments if I play it as Chloe doesn't get why it should sound better in the hands of me who has been playing clarinets for 30ish years than it does when she blows into it. Which reminds me a trip to Windblowers may be called for as she is on to her last reed and nowhere else round here stocks them, must resist the shiny new things (though maybe if they have a 926 in A I could be tempted again!)
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Author: Paula S
Date: 2012-10-17 19:57
Whoops, can now add a Clarineo to the list!
Just a quick question about reeds for the above: I am currently using Vandoren V12s 4s on my Peter Eatons. Will I able to use Vandoren Eb V12 4's on the Clarineo or is getting an appropriate reed set up way more complicated than that?
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Author: davkt
Date: 2012-10-17 20:56
Windblowers strikes?
I think you should be OK, I haven't tried my usual 3 56 Rue Lepics (even if they make them for an Eb) just play on Chloe's 1 1/2 or 2s but it seems pretty forgiving as I think she has had 2 or 3 different types depending on what I manage to find when she needs more!
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Author: super20bu6
Date: 2012-10-23 20:57
Might as well reply...or update an earlier reply....
1 Bb H Bettoney (wood)
1 Bb LaCroix(wood-full boehm)
3 Bass Clarinets
Plastic Olds
Wooden Leblanc frm the 70's
New Orpheo to Low C
1 Selmer/Bundy Contra Alto
3 Saxes
1 Alto, 1 Tenor, 1 Bari
1 Flute (NOT used)
1 Bassoon
Richter keyed to high D
Bb Contrabass is probably the next move......
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Author: SteveG_CT
Date: 2012-10-24 14:22
I guess I might as well throw in a reply as well before this thread goes on another 2 year hiatus.
Organized by manufacturer:
Selmer Paris:
2 x Centered Tone (enhanced boehm)
1 x Centered Tone Omega (enhanced boehm)
1 x K-series (w/ forked Eb)
Leblanc:
1 x Dynamique (enhanced boehm)
1 x LL
Penzel Mueller:
3 x Brilliante Model
2 x Artist Model (1 enhanced boehm, 1 regular)
1 x Studio Recording Model
2 x early boehm models
1 x early Albert model
1 x Clari-Met
H. Bettoney:
1 x Silva-Bet
1 x Columbia Model (metal)
2 x military model (1 USN, 1 USA)
HN. White:
1 x Silver King
1 x Cleveland
Harry Pedler:
1 x Harry Pedler metal clarinet
1 x Custombuilt bass clarinet
Kohlert:
1 x Winnenden Bb clarinet
1 x Graslitz/Bohemia Bb clarinet
1 x Graslitz/Bohemia bass clarinet
GH Huller:
1 x full boehm A clarinet
Normandy:
1 x Normandy 10
Noblet:
1 x Wm. Stubbins model
McIntyre:
1 x McIntyre system clarinet
CG Conn:
1 x 524N clarinet (5 pc. metal)
Boosey & Hawkes:
2 x 2-20 model
2 x Edgware Bb (hard rubber)
1 x Edgware A (hard rubber)
Yamaha:
1 x YCL-20
Malerne:
1 x RM Malerne bass clarinet
Final tally: 36 soprano clarinets, 3 bass clarinets
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2012-10-24 18:23
I tip my hat to you, SteveG! Am relieved to see someone with worse GAS* than I have.
Although I've got you beat hands-down in the bass clarinet department, with six of them at last count.
*GAS = Gear Acquisition Syndrome
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Author: davyd
Date: 2012-10-24 18:31
2 Bbs: Buffet and Diplomat
1 A: Buffet
1 C: no visible name, possibly Selmer
1 bass: Noblet
Also: 5 saxophones (SATB and C melody), 2 recorders (ST), 1 bassoon, 1 flute
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Author: SteveG_CT
Date: 2012-10-24 20:15
David Spiegelthal wrote:
> I tip my hat to you, SteveG! Am relieved to see someone with
> worse GAS* than I have.
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> Although I've got you beat hands-down in the bass clarinet
> department, with six of them at last count.
>
LOL. It did get a bit out of hand and I'm working on thinning the herd. There's only about 9-10 of those instruments that I really consider to be "keepers".
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Author: William
Date: 2012-10-24 20:56
I have one clarinet short of a divorce--all pro level Buffet, Leblancs, Selmers and Yamahas. I haven't counted for some time, but off the top of my head, five Bbs, three A's, one C, two Eb's and my latest--which almost got me thrown out of the house--a low C Buffet Prestigue bass. My main line sopranos--Leblanc Bb and Buffet A, Yamaha Eb, Buffet C and bass get regular workwouts at rehearsals and gigs. The rest reside in my closet or on the wall of our rec room.
Now please, I hope someone doesn't ask for how many mouthpieces--I'd have to really dig to find all of those.
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Author: Chris J
Date: 2012-10-24 22:04
My update
Selmer Paris:
Metal Bb matched with
Metal FB A
FB CT Bb matched with
FB CT A
Leblanc Family:
Opus Bb
LL 18/7 Bb
Normandy Plateau BbNoblet Artist Bb
Noblet alto
L400 Bass
B+H:
Edgware Bb
Edgware RK keys Bb
Buffet:
R13 Bb matched with
R13 A
Evette and Schaeffer Bb
Evette and Schaeffer alto
HN White:
Silver King metal Bb
Couesnon:
Monopole Bb 1960s
Monopole Bb 1950s (R pinky roller)
Monopole metal double wall Bb
Hors Concourse Metal 1930 Bb
Monopole Eb soprano
Yamaha:
26 II x 2
WX5 MIDI wind controller
Also ran:
Couesnon Monopole Bari sax x2
Couesnon Monopole Tenor sax x 2
Couesnon Monopole Alto sax x 3
Couesnon Monopole Soprano sax x 2
Buescher TT soprano sax
Conn NW II gold plate tenor sax (Artist engraving)
Conn NW C Melody
Yanagisawa A600 alto sax
Couesnon Monopole Flugelhorn
Couesnon Monopole Bb/C trumpet
Couesnon Monopole Euphonium
Couesnon recorder
Chris
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Author: SteveG_CT
Date: 2012-10-25 06:36
William wrote:
> Now please, I hope someone doesn't ask for how many
> mouthpieces--I'd have to really dig to find all of those.
That would be a challenge. Every clarinetist I know that has been playing for a while has a couple of good mouthpieces and a whole drawer full of not-so-good ones.
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Author: Garth Libre
Date: 2012-10-25 12:23
I have only three, but my solution is buying very compact vintage cases which take up less living space. I need to sell my Protec overstuffed case because it's needlessly large and doesn't look right lined up alongside my bed's endtable. I have one antique case for my Buffet whose accesory compartment is not wide enough to store my Ridenour thumb rest's (it's exactly two plastic reed holders laid on their narrow side wide). That's my favorite case and it's barely more obtrusive than my wife's smallest pocketbook. Fortunately we don't play guitars .
Garth, 305-981-4705. garthlibre@yahoo.com
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2012-10-26 00:12
I had 14 but cleaned house 6 years ago. Traded the worst of them for a tenor sax. Lost an Albert eefer in an estate snafu. These are left:
- R13 Bb 2010 (for classical events)
- R13 Bb 1991 (weddings and dances)
- R13A 1980
- Noblet A (spare)
- Stephen Fox C 2001
- Noblet bass
- Buffet Professional contra-alto
- H. Couf Superba 1 tenor sax
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Author: Tom Puwalski
Date: 2012-10-26 10:31
- Eb Buffet RC
-C- Buffet E-11 Re-Imagined by Morrie Backun
-Bb- Cocobola Backun with Gold keys
-Bb- Leblanc by Backun Symphonie
-Bb - Antiqua By Backun
- A- Leblanc by Backun
- Bass clarinet Buffet Prestige
Non Clarinets
Soprano Sax-Antigua -
Alto Sax-Antigua -
Flute Prima Sankyo
wx5-2 Yamaha wind controller
ewi 4000s wind controller
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I have a Coco Backun clarinet with Gold keys and a Grenadila Moba Clarinet with low F automatic intonation key coming in early next week if anyone is interested. They are pretty scarce right now.
Tom Puwalski- www. clarinetgourmet.com
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Author: modernicus
Date: 2014-10-24 23:23
Now:
Yamaha CS Bb (early 1990's)
Carl Fischer "Excelsior" Bb Boehm LP (Coeusnon) ca. early 1900's doughnut key, 7 rings, wraparound register key
2x J.T.L. Boehm Bb HP ca. 1880, 1890 standard keywork
J.T.L. Albert Bb HP ca. late 1880's patent C#, wraparound register
Buffet Crampon Boehm Eb LP 1906 integrated barrel and one piece body, standard keywork
Edmond Chedeville C Boehm LP ca. 1890's-1920's , wraparound register
Frank Holton Metal Bb Boehm LP ca. 1930's , solid sterling silver keys/ fittings (really!)7 rings/tunable barrel
Pan American Modern'e Metal Bb Boehm LP ca. 1930's, 4 piece construction, tunable barrel, screw on double walled bell- dressed down C.G. Conn 524N?
New: Buescher Metal True Tone 730 Bb Boehm
ca. 1920's ?, tunable barrel, screw off bell, standard keywork, original case and accessories, outstanding condition
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Author: Mirko996
Date: 2014-10-24 23:33
I have 6 Clarinet.
my first clarinet ( that i hope to sell ) A Disgusting Comet.
the second is Yamaha, is more better than the first
my third instrument is unique instrument build in italy, specificly in the zone i live, genova, is a clarinet that it haven't serial number, is a strange clarinet, it have half century.
my fourth clarinet is C Clarinet desidera, it was clarinet who play in dance music ( Mazurka for example ).
My firth is Holton metal clarinet, that i'm fixing.
the last sixth clarinet is Eb clarinet, noblet.
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Author: modernicus
Date: 2014-10-25 01:17
@Mirko996 What model metal Holton do you have? Is the strange clarinet a half Albert/Mueller, half Boehm keywork or something like that?
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Author: maxopf
Date: 2014-10-25 02:58
Buffet R13 Prestige A, Buffet Pre-R13 Bb, Yamaha 650 Bb, unidentified Bb High-Pitch Albert system (in bad repair).
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Author: MichaelW
Date: 2014-10-25 21:14
Nice that this thread has been reactivated, again after a two years hiatus. So I’d like to present my- from a Western point of view- mostly somewhat exotic instruments from “Old Europe”:
Goulding & Co., London ca. 1800, 5 keys
Johann Friedrich Wurlitzer G, 1820ties, now in Markneukirchen museum
F. Arthur Uebel:
Bb Oehler- type, 1936, #8642, restored by Meinert
dto. ca. 1950, #11313, playable
dto. 1962 #17196, full Oehler, restored by Meinert
- and my little C.Kruspe collection:
Iwan Müller-type Eb,1830ties. Bell missing
German System:
C before 1870/80, restored by Kempf
C before 1870/80, to be restored
Bb ca. 1900, self restored
Eb ca. 1900 to be restored
Bb ca. 1900, self restored
C ca.1925 (Hüller) playable
V.Kohlert Söhne C, Graslitz Bohemia before 1918
Dolnet Paris Bb, age?
Selmer Paris Eb Alto Q633, 1955, playable
Püstophon Bb (Püchner and Stowasser at Hans Kreul, Tübingen), German system with 5 rings, ca 1960ties, playable
Fritz Schüller Markneukirchen A, full Oehler, ca. 1960ties, playable
H.N. White Silver King 1928 #109529, silver plated, sterling bell, playable
Buescher True tone 730 #256794 1930, nickel plated, tunable barrel, to be restored.
Besides: Alto recorder Rössler 1970ties
Tenor recorder Dolmetsch 1962
Old Mittenwald violin which I got when I was 10,
now played by my granddaughter
I mostly play one of the F.A. Uebels.
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Author: rtmyth
Date: 2014-10-26 16:42
none now. owned about 25, all average but one, a Concerto of artist quality.
richard smith
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Author: TomS
Date: 2014-10-26 21:50
Only 6, right now ... including two Ridenour Lyriques, two old Selmer Soloist Signatures, a Bundy Model 577 and an old Buffet R13-A.
I know where a 1920s Buffet is ... overhauled about 25 years ago, I might pick that one up ... amazing condition and apparently stored properly and played occasionally. Don't know what pitch standard it is tuned to ...
I parted with my other Buffets R13s, Noblet Bass, Yamahas, Selmer Series 9 E-flat ... etc. a while back.
Tom
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2014-10-27 01:00
I'm about to get a MoBa A Clarinet, have a MoBa Bb Clarinet, set of Prestige R-13's, about 5 student clarinets for when someone needs an upgrade (E-11's, etc)
an Eb Clarinet, Ridenour Libertas Bb, Ridenour C Clarinet, and 3 Ridenour Wooden/Silver Keyed G1's. They (aren't produced anymore) - got their last ones for students to choose from too.
I paired down
http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com
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Author: tiagocunha
Date: 2014-10-27 02:20
2 at this time: my 10 year old E-11 and as Orsi Milano enhanced boehm that is being restored.
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Author: concertmaster3
Date: 2014-10-27 17:24
Wow...I just peeked at my post from 5 years ago, and realized how much my collection has grown!
Now...
A pair of Yamaha CSVs
Freeman Eb
Forte C
Kessler Bass
A loaner Eb CSO for my young students that aren't big enough for Bb
And my other instruments:
Yamaha Picc
Di Zhao Flute/Brannen Head
Yamaha Oboe
Fossati EH
Fox 41 Bassoon
Yamaha 61 Sop. and Alto
Yamaha 52 Tenor
Violin, Viola and Cello
This explains why this room feels small....lol
Ron Ford
Woodwind Specialist
Performer/Teacher/Arranger
http://www.RonFordMusic.com
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Author: TomS
Date: 2014-10-28 22:34
I heard that the Lyrique G1 is a fine instrument ... I got the impression from talking to Ted that they just didn't sell well enough to continue production. Ridenour sold about a 100 hard-rubber clarinets to each wooden one ...?
A shame ... kinda.
Tom
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Author: Mirko996
Date: 2014-11-01 22:59
modernicus wrote:
> Just scored a top level Buescher metal Bb, so add that to the
> list!
model is collegiate
made by holton
elkhorn wis
serial number:
313310
boehm system, not all keys are original, some key are token to other instrument.
not silver, on brass, some unique.
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Author: modernicus
Date: 2014-11-02 22:54
I've seen some pictures of nice looking Collegiates w/gold washed bell, etc... I haven't really heard much about how they play -let us know when you're done fixing it.
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Author: fraublucher
Date: 2014-11-08 17:37
Last time I counted, I had 42. That was about a year ago. I buy/sell/rent/lend horns out, so it's hard to nail down an exact number at any time.
6 Ebs (1 Buffet, 5 Selmers)
1 C (Buffet)
~20 Bbs (mostly Buffets, several Selmers, 1 Leblanc)
7 As (3 Buffets, 4 Selmers)
6 altos (1 Buffet, 5 Selmers)
3 basses (1 Buffet, 2 Selmers)
1 contra-alto (Selmer)
I'd like to add a Bb contra and a D clarinet at some point.
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Author: jim sclater
Date: 2024-01-17 16:13
Presently I have about 10 - a selection of Yamahas, Selmers, LeBlancs, and Buffets. I try to play each one of them at least once every couple of weeks. The clarinet I have had the longest is a Buffet R-13 with a 90xxx serial number I bought used in 1968; I played this one in orchestra for ca. 30 years. The previous owner said Herb Blayman picked it out for him; it's a fine old instrument. The rarest one is a Buffet A clarinet approx. 100 years old with a "swan's neck" register key.
I have made it a practice to try to give a clarinet to young students whose parents can't afford a decent instrument and rely on a few local band directors to let me know of needs in this area. Have placed ca. 5 instruments thus far. I would urge readers to do this, too, if possible. I'm certain there are many students who would like to learn an instrument whose parents just can't afford it. All of this is anonymously.
jsclater@comcast.net
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Author: psmartin
Date: 2024-01-18 18:29
I currently have my pre-R13, then I have a wooden Collegiate that I am teaching my daughter on, and I have an Evette sponsored by Buffet, which is actually an Malerne that I am restoring. The goal is to buy myself a vintage R13, and start buying and restoring some to give to the local high school band members.
Paul
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