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Author: Steve H
Date: 2022-02-04 09:25
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Hi everyone,
I'm new to clarinets and new to the site.
I took a chance and and boughhis online and I think I discovered the mystery only after I got it home. I can trace it to a repair store in France and I've emailed them to ask about it. (Some of you have may have noticed it "out there")
The name on the clarinet is the owner of the store and I think it was founded in 1976 so I imagine that's as old as the clarinet is.
When I received it I realized it has more issues than the pictures could tell. (Several needle springs broken, a crack which may or may not have been repaired with an extra metal bushing, the ferrulles fell off because the wood has shrunk. Mechanisms are fairly sticky so it needs a full cleaning, recorking, etc., the usual I guess. But since it's of unknown manufacturer origin I don't know if it's worth putting any money into? the wood grain is really pretty, so it would make a nice lamp! (I didn't get it cheap but I didn't pay a ton for it either, and I can probably return it if I really want to the seller has been very nice.)
I will let the pictures speaking of themselves
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Author: Steven Ocone
Date: 2022-02-04 18:34
The crack is from the clarinet being dropped. Cracks in this area usually come in pairs.
Steve Ocone
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Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2022-02-04 18:49
It's not necessarily from being dropped, cracks can also form there because of loose rings. In any case I agree it would cost more than it is worth to fix. It may be a great instrument but it could also have poor intonation or any number of other problems. Unfortunately you would have to spend $300-$400 on repairs to find out. Not worth it when you can get a used wooden Yamaha or Buffet E11 for not much more.
-JDbassplayer
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Author: stevesklar
Date: 2022-02-06 02:44
It's an old Strasser stencil, of SML ( Strasser, Marigaux and Lemaire )
With all the issues you mentioned I hope you didn't pay much of anything for it. If you put several hundred dollars into getting it repaired it still won't be worth much at all.
I recommend if you don't know what you are buying, then don't buy it. Many times people think they're buying something worth a million dollars since no one knows what it is.
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Stephen Sklar
My YouTube Channel of Clarinet Information
Post Edited (2022-02-06 03:30)
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