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Clindian
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I was at a garage sale last year and my mom saw this clarinet. She rushed home to tell me the person was going to sell it for $50 dollars I went to look at it and didn't know what to say but that we shouldn't buy it because I didn't know weather it was good or not. As it turns out I asked my teacher about the clarinet and told him it was a Signet, he told me it was a steal and should of bought it. So now I want to know what the top brands are for clarinets. I know that Signet, Noblet, Selmer, and Buffet are great brands but what else is out there?
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alxx
(60 points)
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Posted the lisyt below in another thread earlier.
There are other old brands which either got brought up or companies went bankrupt.
see conn-selmer history page
Brands that don't exist any more
Conn, Beuscher, King , Martin, Boosey and Hawks, and lots of others
four main or largest brands - Yamaha , Buffet , Selmer and leblanc.
Selmer-Conn which is own by Steinway distribute Selmer Paris clarinets and leblanc clarinets in the US.
Buffet - Paris http://www.buffet-crampon.com/en/instruments.php?mode=productsList&cid=10
Yamaha - Japan http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/winds/ different ranges of instruments are available in different countries
Selmer -Conn http://www.selmer.com/
Leblanc - http://www.gleblanc.com/instruments/index.php
Then there is a range of other manufacturers like
Amati - Czeck republic http://www.amati.cz/english/production/instruments/Clarinets.htm
Juptiter - Taiwan http://www.jupitermusic.com/jbi_instruments.aspx?cId=21&lId=1&sId=1
Orsi - Italy http://www.orsi-wind-instruments.it/
keilwerth/schrieber - Germany http://www.schreiber-keilwerth.com/englisch/schreiber/instruments/zs_clarinets.htm
Blessing ??? http://www.ekblessing.com/prd_saxnclarinet.htm#clarinet
Weril - Brasil http://www.weril.com/ImageGallery/ImageList.aspx?id=c560967d-1db5-45a1-b971-70927d58061b&m=1&c=fd1b840b-ae5c-4e7d-9339-d10f3fbce2f5
Antigua - Taiwan http://www.antiguawinds.com/products/clarinets.html
Cannonball - Taiwan/USA http://www.cannonballmusic.com/piacere.php
Trevor James - Taiwan/UK http://www.trevorjames.com/2006/clarinets/index.htm
Plus an increasing number of shop brands (i.e a shop or company buys from Taiwan or China and gets the instruments badged)
Then a few small speciality manufacturers like
Stephen Fox http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/Intro.html
Howarth http://www.howarth.uk.com/
Bernard Eppelsheim a specialist of large instruments - makes a contra bass clarinet
http://www.eppelsheim.com/kontrabass_klarinette.php?lang=en
backun (sold by leblanc) http://www.backunmusical.com/clarinets.html
and a few others
plus a lot of Chinese factories churning out cheap plastic clarinets.
Few Indian factories turning out clarinets as well.
<Added>
Brands that don't exist any more
Conn, Beuscher, King , Martin, Boosey and Hawks, and lots of others
Forgot Wurlitzer, Evette and Schaffer(part of Buffet)
Sorry Wurlitzer still do make clarinets
http://www.wurlitzerclarinets.com/flash/home.html
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SlapSlapSlappy
(29 points)
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I was looking at that Contrabass,they are also selling Contrabass Clarinets on wwbw.com by Vito, costs about 2-3 thousand dollars, and also some more expensive models that cost around 17 thousand.
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dickdona
(230 points)
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I saw a beautiful used Boozie & Hawkes among other old instruments in The Wind Instrument Centre in Manhattan recently. Nearly bought it but I decided on the Noblet, instead. A gem. Made by LeBlanc, Paris.
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tenorsaxist
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if you run across any R. malerne's, buy them, especially if they say professional on them and have 4 stars! I own my great granfathers pro r malerne, and it plays beautifully!
beetlejuice
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