Sorry - I'm a fraud! I don't play Clarinet - but I joined the Forum because I am looking for information and help.
My Uncle was a player and played Clarinet and Saxophone in various bands all his life. When he died my father inherited the Clarinet that he bought somewhere around the war years on a visit to Paris (I believe).
It is a Selmer and has 'Davis' Paris engraved on the bell. I understand that this ties it to a particular period and model, the model being named after a longstanding chappie at Selmer called 'Davis'. Is that right so far?
My son wanted to learn to play so I had the instrument completely refurbished by Kathy Parnham of Hadleigh, Suffolk. His interest unfortunately was a five minute wonder.
So we now have a reconditioned instrument with no-one to play it! Kathy says that a new mouthpiece would be good.
My father is keen that the instrument is played and would like to sell it. So my questions really are:
1/ Are these older instruments widely played these days given that some of the mechanics have altered over the years?
2/ How do I go about locating such players?
3/ Is there a good place to advertise? Are auctions a good idea?
4/ How do I go about establishing it's value (I've got a rough idea)
My Uncle was a player and played Clarinet and Saxophone in various bands all his life. When he died my father inherited the Clarinet that he bought somewhere around the war years on a visit to Paris (I believe).
It is a Selmer and has 'Davis' Paris engraved on the bell. I understand that this ties it to a particular period and model, the model being named after a longstanding chappie at Selmer called 'Davis'. Is that right so far?
My son wanted to learn to play so I had the instrument completely refurbished by Kathy Parnham of Hadleigh, Suffolk. His interest unfortunately was a five minute wonder.
So we now have a reconditioned instrument with no-one to play it! Kathy says that a new mouthpiece would be good.
My father is keen that the instrument is played and would like to sell it. So my questions really are:
1/ Are these older instruments widely played these days given that some of the mechanics have altered over the years?
2/ How do I go about locating such players?
3/ Is there a good place to advertise? Are auctions a good idea?
4/ How do I go about establishing it's value (I've got a rough idea)