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Old clarinet: worth repairing?

Author: Ziggi
Date: 2015-08-01 03:05

Hello all,

I'm hoping for your guidance, I know nothing about these things. I have an old clarinet I picked up at the thrift store and I am wondering whether it's worth repairing. I haven't played since I was in school many years ago and would like to learn again.

I took it in to a repair shop and the guy there said around $300 at least to fix it up. It needs new pads and a new key (the bottom E (I think!!) he said he'd have to make one). It's also missing the mouthpiece.

It's what I think is called the German style clarinet fingering, with the roller pads on the left and right. That probably makes it not ideal for re-learning on I guess because of the different fingering? It has a serial number but I didn't have any luck finding it online to see the age. The guy in the store said it's wooden and it's brown/rose colored.

If the make is a good one and it's worth fixing up then I will do it, otherwise I'm thinking I will look out for another used one that is in playable condition.

These are the markings:

Serial No: 11233
Top: Class A, Besson & Co. London (picture of a star)
Bottom: Besson & Co. London (picture of a star)
Bell: DOLCE, Besson & Co. [1]98 Euston Road, London, England (picture of a star)

Thanks a lot in advance for your help!

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