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Re: A 19th century clarinet

Author: dcorr222
Date: 2012-08-15 14:53

Thank you for the advise on the repair Tony, unfortunately I don't have any clarinet pieces I can salvage dust from at the moment, up until now I have only worked on clarinets where I could completely fix them without material removal, so broken tenon joints is on my list after I get a lathe. I may look at a few of my barrels I have laying around though, I remember one of them I was wary about the condition, I seem to remember some damage.
About the ligature: from what I have read the modern metal ligature came into being about the same time as Müller was creating the 12/13 keyed clarinet so I believe they have been around since the early 1800's. I am unsure about the ligature included with this clarinet though, it just seems too poor of quality to match the instrument, though I may be wrong there. Chris's boxwood clarinet with a tin mouthpiece cap matches the material my cap and ligature seem to be made of.
Yesterday several reeds fell out of the case, they were quite disgusting in appearance but appear to be hand carved as opposed to machine made.

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