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Restored Louis of Chelsea Bb

Author: Tony F
Date: 2021-11-30 20:06

Had a quick blow this morning before an evening gig. The clari had developed leaks since last week and I didn't have time to fix them. I dug out my trusty spare, a slightly tweaked 926. The centre tenon cork rolled up into a sticky mass. At this point I went to plan C and had a look at what was to hand. I did the gig using a 1920's Louis of Chelsea clari. I restored it some years ago and had forgotten how good it is. When I bought it it came with a mouthpiece which looked as though it had been filed from a lump of something. It was very rough with file marks all through and to my amazement it played very well. I didn't use it this time though. Old instruments can be very good.

Tony F.

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