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Re: bought clarinet on ebay

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-05-28 14:04

That looks very much like a Malerne clarinet - they made clarinets for a lot of companies, so this is an instance where the name only has significance when you can see the rest of the instrument than going on the name alone.

The wide flanged pillar bases seen on the lower joint were also used on Howarth clarinets from the early '90s onwards (S1, S2 and S3) and made them easy to lock into position with a wood screw so they don't rotate. The Howarth student model wooden clarinet was made for them by Marigaux who took on Malerne from around 1973.

I had a very nice Selmer Sterling A clarinet from the '50s that had the same ring keys as this one, but the keys were all unplated. I made a single case for it and sold it on eBay to a buyer in Liverpool.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
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