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Which clarinet to restore?

Author: Bill
Date: 2022-01-23 01:12

Help me decide which of the following clarinets to send off for the next overhaul! (And, yes, I'm sure many of you would say "none of them"; I get it.):
(1) 1915 swan's neck Buffet
(2) old (pre-1930) JTL Boehm
(3) old (pre-1930) Couesnon
(4) 1936 Buffet
(5) c. 1940s E.J. Albert Boehm (interesting key work, huge bore)
(6) E. Albert (Simple system; rosewood?)
(7) c. 1954 Leblanc "176"
(8) old (pre-1930) Boosey & Co. hard rubber Clinton system
(9) Any of 7 "Bohemia" Kohlerts
(10) old (pre-1935) Penzel-Mueller swan's neck register key
(11) old (pre-1940) Penzel-Mueller pre-"Artist"
(12) Barklee "Artist" (1950s?)

All are in fairly good shape; some hairlines but nothing serious. Thanks!

Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)

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