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Re: Help with 19th Century Clarinets

Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2023-01-19 08:31

Keys on modern clarinets are also made from "German Silver" (though they are usually silver or nickel plated) and many modern instruments use cork and leather pads. Because of this any good clarinet repair tech should be able to fix up these instruments. Clarinet pads come in every possible size from about 8mm up to about 35mm so there should also be no issue sourcing them. The Bb might be a little tricky as it has "salt spoon" keys, but I have worked on several instruments like this and modern pads work fine in them.

My biggest concern would be whether they tune to modern pitch or not. Measuring the length should confirm that:

https://www.thevintageclarinetdoctor.com/clarinet-lengths.html?fbclid=IwAR2YXjlEI_tUmpUEBQRvIggAFxZa4j7zTjLf8M9EZbWdA0WTwzo9I83KGN4

-JDbassplayer

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