Hi all. Full disclosure, I'm an online ebay seller of all sorts of wares, and i've come across a wooden buffet clarinet.
I am unable to nail down the model. but the most puzzling thing (for me) about this clarinet is that there is a metal barrel ring at the top of the upper joint. I havent seen...
Eugène Albert A and Bb Clarinet Pair
https://www.ebay.com/itm/163325370412
Markings, upper joint:
F.A.
S.A. CHAPPELL
SOLE AGENT
52 NEW BOND STREET
LONDON
Markings, lower joint:
APPROVED BY
Mr. LAZARUS
Markings, bell:
MANUFACTURED
BY
E. ALBERT
BRUSSELS
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From the ad:
Good...
Soo I mentioned in a post Thursday I was looking at a clarinet-I won this auction:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F352472118134
Anyone have thoughts on an 1870s or so Eugene Albert clarinet?
While apparently he made a lot of HP instruments; this...
Hello guys, I have started my clarinet journey a week ago, and i was thinking of learning to play something simple enough in the following weeks, because mindless scale runs can get boring quickly :)
Do you have any recommendations for classical pieces that are relatively easy and can help me...
Hello, I am looking for some help with my metal body clarinet that I just picked up. It was used by the band at Fort Meade SD. It's black. I mean, it's not patina. I haven't tried very hard to remove this blackness. I think that the horn body is probably brass as there are a couple chip like...
So an auction I was watching ended, and I wasn't a bidder as I was in a wind quintet's concert listening to them.
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/162959998230
My thoughts are that this Buffet is from the 1850s, but I'm not fully convinced I'm right. It has what I understand was the Buffet logo...
(Do we really not have a cases subforum anywhere? I could swear we did.)
So, I bought a trio of clarinets from an estate sale on the 8th, and have had them for about a week and a half now.
I received, in no real order:
A Selmer Radio Improved (I think? No model name visible. It's early L...
Hi everyone. I'm new to the forum and so grateful to have this resource. My son is an aspiring clarinetist and I'm wanting to help him as much as I can. He started in 5th grade and has excelled with the instrument ever since. He's now in high school and we're looking to upgrade his current...