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Author: FilippoS
Date: 2026-05-14 13:47
Hi everyone, I’m looking to buy an a flat piccolo clarinet for around €1,000. Does anyone here have one?
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2026-05-18 00:59
Is this a follow-on from Sarah Hardacker-Ellul's (Meridian Winds) Facebook post?
That was my Ab in the posting, it took me over a decade to find that instrument, and it was a matter of pure luck at that.
Happy Hunting.
Post Edited (2026-05-18 15:16)
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2026-05-18 15:18
It was pure luck.
I was invited to play in an avante-garde band last year, and a bandmate got the Ab clarinet as part of an estate.
But also, and this really shocked me, is that during Covid, he bought a John Challis harpsichord from a local university for $100, then sold it for $1000. He made money, and the guy who got it bought an amazing instrument for next to nothing. Still, I can't quantify how sad / angry / frustrated / shocked this makes me.
Post Edited (2026-05-18 15:23)
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Author: davyd
Date: 2026-05-30 21:32
What kind of repertoire is there for Ab piccolo clarinet? In what types of ensembles does it appear?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2026-05-31 01:47
All clarinet repertoire is repertoire for all clarinets.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
Independent Woodwind Repairer
Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes
NOT A MEMBER OF N.A.M.I.R.
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2026-08-08 23:44
You may really, really, really want one.
But Caveat Emptor.
The finger wholes are MUCH, MUCH closer than any other instrument, and you may not be able to play it. I do OK on Eb, but after a few months of re-addressing the Ab every few weeks, I can only sometimes get an F major scale out. I have to rotate both hands and use a much more curved finger position than is normal for me.
It is not anywhere as easy for me as it was for repair tech Sarah Hardaker-Ellul in that Meridian Winds video on Facebook. She studied with John Mohler and I did not.
And also, don't expect these things to play in tune.
Still, no, I don't want to sell it.
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