New old C clarinet

[Carl H.]

C LP
CRS Concours
Couesnon & Co

Just picked it up this afternoon. Needs pads and the barrel fixed, but otherwise in decent condition. Included 2 old Ricos and a Vibrator!

Nothing even resembling a serial number but there is a number over a letter. No signs of any removal or covering up of anything. Wood is in very good condition, other than the barrel.

[pete]

Kewl! Do you mind me asking how much you paid? I've often toyed with the idea of buying a C clarinet.

[Carl H.]

Complicated to get a $ amount as there was some work and some other stuff in the trade. I think we both did OK in the deal. After I get the barrel off and the crack addressed (or just get a different barrel!(!)) and some pads in it I'll know if this may be a desirable model or a one off for a good reason.

I may throw a mouthpiece on it as is later tonight and see if it plays at all as it sits now.

[SteveSklar]

Complicated to get a $ amount as there was some work and some other stuff in the trade. I think we both did OK in the deal. After I get the barrel off and the crack addressed (or just get a different barrel!(!)) and some pads in it I'll know if this may be a desirable model or a one off for a good reason.

I may throw a mouthpiece on it as is later tonight and see if it plays at all as it sits now.

interesting. a SOTWer reseller contacted me months ago about a cousenon C over info/$ .. and tried to ebay it for exorbinant amounts .. i don't think it ever sold .....

[Carl H.]

interesting. a SOTWer reseller contacted me months ago about a cousenon C over info/$ .. and tried to ebay it for exorbinant amounts .. i don't think it ever sold .....


This was from a SOTW member, but one who isn't active - mostly lurking. Lives in my neck of the woods and mostly sells and fixes saxes from his store (brick & mortar not internet)

[Gandalfe]

I purchased Suzy a C soprano clarinet when our community band lost our oboe. It is a nice and new Leblanc something (Esprit?). It has a lovely sound and impeccable intonation. But lo and behold we got another oboe player who's intonation isn't too bad most of the time. So we never use the instrument.

[pete]

I volunteer to store all Gandalfe's unused instruments at my house!

[Carl H.]

I've encountered a number of pieces of music written forthe C clarinet. Usually I'll transpose them on the spot, or just skip them (quintet music mostly) entirely.
I figure I've run in to the parts enough that it is worth it to have the horn on the shelf. I would have liked to have had a C when we did carnival of the animals a couple years ago. Goes a tad high on the Bb, but comfortable on a decent C.

Any way, I've got one now. Just need to get it playing.

[SOTSDO]

Doing a lot of Rossini will have the same effect on you.

When I was the second clarinet/bass clarinet player for the Springfield (MO) Symphony back in 1967-68, the principal owned his own and the school I was attending (then Drury College, now the much more hoity-toity Drury University, thank you very much) owned a C clarinet (of uncertain origin - it was an unmarked horn). So, whenever we ventured into the Romantic period, we were both set.

But, unless I did orchestral work on a weekly basis, I'd not be willing to invest in one. Had I gotten one on the cheap, well, that's another story.

[Carl H.]

Doing a lot of Rossini will have the same effect on you.
...
But, unless I did orchestral work on a weekly basis, I'd not be willing to invest in one. Had I gotten one on the cheap, well, that's another story.
I play in bands just to keep my orchestral chops up.