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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2013-12-02 11:58
Hi
Is anyone familiar with the Noblet 4 clarinet? Any idea when/where it was made, etc.?
Thank you
Nitai
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2013-12-02 23:34
from what I found in Google, it's a rebranded Normandy 4 of the latest incarnation.
Got pictures?
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Ben
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Author: Ursa
Date: 2013-12-03 00:18
The Noblet 4 is indeed the familiar Normandy 4, made in the mid-2000's during the last few years of Noblet clarinet production in La Couture Boussey, France. This facility was acquired by Buffet-Crampon in 2008.
Despite not being produced since c. 2008, the Noblet 4--and even the earlier Normandy 4--can still be found for sale in new, unused condition.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2013-12-03 07:46
I don't have any photos, didn't have time to take any. This one fell and had a lot of damage. I'm trying to see if it's possible to get a new upper joint (to find how it would be price wise compared with repairing this one) but don't see the Noblet 4 listed anywhere. Maybe a Normandy 4 would get me somewhere.
This one is made of wood and looked relatively new (i.e. guessing less than approx 15 years).
Post Edited (2013-12-04 04:26)
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Author: Ursa
Date: 2013-12-06 14:30
Yes...to a point. The Normandy 4 was in production for nearly four decades and there were some revisions to the keywork. If you are going to use a Normandy 4 as a donor instrument, just make sure it has the same trumpet-shaped logo as a Noblet 4 with "NORMANDY 4" underneath in all capital letters.
An older Normandy 4 will have a shield-design logo with "Normandy" in script with the number 4 below "Normandy" inside the shield. These are the ones you'll want to avoid.
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Author: Ursa
Date: 2013-12-06 14:42
...and, honestly, if you get a compatible Normandy 4, you might do better just playing the Normandy 4, rather than using its top joint to repair a broken Noblet 4. You could then retain the Noblet 4 as a parts instrument.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2013-12-06 14:45
Thanks. I think I will have to get photos of the donor and compare. I can't remember what logo the Noblet 4 had so will have check again. I don't have a Normandy 4, but I have someone who can donate a Normandy 4 upper joint.
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