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Author: DirectorsHusband
Date: 2009-08-14 04:30
I don't have a picture of it yet, but my wife and I found a clarinet at a flea market that seems to resemble a Bb Albert System, but I could be wrong. It is a Conn with a serial number that starts with a B and ends with an H with four numbers in between. It is about a quarter inch longer than a standard clarinet and its barrel is slightly more narrow. It also looks to be plastic, not wood. Any information would be helpful about understanding the age of this clarinet, how to understand the serial, and what kind it is.
Post Edited (2009-08-14 04:50)
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2009-08-14 13:00
It is possible that it might be a Pupeschi-Conn. I had one and pondered , like you, as to what keying differences it had from a 1890-1920 Albert, certainly not a Boehm. Al Rice helped me identify it, its now in "his" Fiske collection at Claremont Colleges, CA, via some old documentation. The most "outstanding" diff., to me was the manipulation to get the C#/G#by ANY of the "long" left little finger keys. Make a Search [above] , it has been dfiscussed earlier here. Several other diff's were in the register keying and some of the rings. Others, please help, Good Luck, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Molloy
Date: 2009-08-14 13:44
The B at the beginning of the serial number indicates a nominal pitch of B-flat. The H at the end indicates 'high pitch' -- old Conns with modern ('low') pitch have serial numbers ending with L.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2009-08-14 14:03
GREAT, Chris, while I used C P for dating, I didn't explore what else was "out there" so many TKS to you and Steve for tge cl history. I was aware of a French Museum's [Buffet?] many-many pics of insts, but they were hard to make out. The C P , with info is Very Useful , I hope that the investigators using the Yahoo "Early Clarinet" site are aware of this. TKS, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: chris moffatt
Date: 2009-08-14 14:17
the Conn loyalist site has some info re models and serial nos:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~cderksen/ConnNModels.html
Some of the conn alberts were of hard rubber and some had extensions to the albert design such as three rings on the upper joint. If I read the serial number info right (always a doubtful proposition) this is a very early C20 horn
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