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Re: W. Hans Moennig clarinet information needed

Author: Tony DeBruyn
Date: 2020-02-14 20:30

Since receiving the W. Hans Moennig clarinet I have been looking at dozens of pictures of clarinets in ebay and on varies web sites, including this one. From this I have concluded that the Moennig clarinet I have is his rework of "The Earliest Modern Noblet" as discussing in this post …

https://www.woodwindforum.com/clarinetperfection/snleblanc-noblet/

The keywork is identical in shape and position. I have also found pictures of a couple of old Noblets that have identical keywork.

The serial number is 2199C. I am guessing that puts the date in the mid 1950's. It seems that Noblet serial number information is very sketchy for the older models. I did find the following notes.
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My family purchased this insturment in 1955 - 1956. Serial number is 2122 A.

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Re: Noblet serial numbers
FYI,
early 1900s i have a SN of 0718
pre WWI a SN of 2149 (prob early 1900s)
1964 - 38500
1960 had 18559 (per receipt) But it was bought in 1960, made 1960 or before.
1920-30s metal - 73xx
then they started the suffix A B C D runs in between the 30s and 60s

of course, it looks like they screwed up the SN consistency in the early 1970s too as they had a run of non-prefix horns (xxxx) when their should have been prefixes (Axxx)

Tony DeBruyn
978-877-6288
adebruyn@maine.rr.com

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