Author: Garth Libre
Date: 2013-06-07 07:55
There was a discussion of this clarinet some time back and people seem to think it was made by Leblanc for New York import. If you can do the overhaul yourself and not pay someone $300 to do it, the instrument might bring $80 on ebay and/or it might turn out to be a fair instrument on its own merit. The barrel crack is an easy fix (do a search - this came up last week). "The wood is a disaster" - well it doesn't look that bad from your photos, but we can't see the bore. It may need an oil bath during overhaul. All in all, even if you paid nothing for it, I can't see you making money on it assuming someone else does the overhaul. If you like it then, by all means have it worked on, but you'll never get your money back by selling the horn after having it repaired. The case alone can bring $20 on ebay, so you can sell it and still have broken even, even if you keep the horn, presuming you paid $20 or less at the thrift store.
Garth, 305-981-4705. garthlibre@yahoo.com
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