Hi Ed
My interest in clarinets seems to have widened recently. I started the "Lebret" thread recently and got alot of information from it.
I have recently acquired an antique C clarinet, simple system with Patent C sharp mechanism. I'll post some pictures below. I am getting a simple system bass clarinet soon, late 19th century.
The point of my thread is to ask if you think the forum would benefit from having an antique and period section. There are lots of these things selling on Ebay and auction houses. I have come across many players who collect them. Although there is interest in them, I have struggled to find good information sources.
Sort of things I would be interested in is
How to sympathetically restore them
What to use to clean them
History of makers
Dating instruments
Valuing instruments
Fingering system
many others....
Just a thought....
Chris
My interest in clarinets seems to have widened recently. I started the "Lebret" thread recently and got alot of information from it.
I have recently acquired an antique C clarinet, simple system with Patent C sharp mechanism. I'll post some pictures below. I am getting a simple system bass clarinet soon, late 19th century.
The point of my thread is to ask if you think the forum would benefit from having an antique and period section. There are lots of these things selling on Ebay and auction houses. I have come across many players who collect them. Although there is interest in them, I have struggled to find good information sources.
Sort of things I would be interested in is
How to sympathetically restore them
What to use to clean them
History of makers
Dating instruments
Valuing instruments
Fingering system
many others....
Just a thought....
Chris