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Rampone MIlano Brevettato

Author: ArthurW
Date: 2025-05-03 16:26

I am trying to research the history of my clarinet. It is a Rampone Milano Brevettato with the Serial Number 25438 on the main body. I bought it in 1959 for £20 from a Polish guy who had played in in the Polish Army band during WW2. It is a single body with a bottom Eb key (I think to allow Macho Italian players to play A clarinet parts on a Bb clarinet). It also has a C# trill key between the first and second right hand fingers and a very useful G#/D# key for the left hand.
It still pays extremely well and has a much superior tone and key action than my other clarinets.
At some time before I acquired it the tuning barrel was shortened but it does play in tune.
Rampone were not able to tell me much that I couldn't already have guessed but I would like to know when it was made and why it is a single body. Also why has nobody else added the extra keys which seem very useful to me.

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Re: Rampone MIlano Brevettato

Author: Chris P
Date: 2025-05-04 00:38
Attachment: selmerseries9clarinets.jpg (702k)

Buffet, Leblanc and Selmer used to add all the extras on their clarinets so you could have the standard 17 key 6 ring models right through to 20 key 7 ring full Boehms (to low Eb), but they only offer the LH Ab/Eb lever nowadays.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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